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RIO DE JANEIRO, MAY 4 th, 1881
Number 13
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY _
AMERICAN LEGATION.— aa.Rua do Marques d'Aorantes
HON. HENRY W. HILLIARD,
Minister.
BRITISH LEGATION'.— Mo. i, Ruade Leao, Larnngeiras.
AMERICAN CONSULATE GENERAL.-NV 30 Rua do
Visconde dc Iiihauma. THOMAS ADAMSON,
Consul General.
BRITISH CONSULATE GENERAL.— N? 10 Run Ue
S. Jus*. GEORGE THORNE RICKETTS,
Consul General.
CHURCH DIRECTORY
ENGLISH CHURCH.— Rim do Evarislo da Veiga. Services
•at 11 o'clock, a. m., and 7 o'clock, p. m., every Sunday.
FREDERICK YOUNG, M. A.,
Rttuitnce.— La&tira do Sa, Laraugtirtts. Chaplain.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.— N?is Travcssa da Bnrreira.
Services in Portuguese am o'clock, a. m.,and 7 o'clock,
p. in., every Sunday: mid at 7 o'clock p.
Thursday.
SAILORS MISSION— 163 Run da Sailde; 3rd floor. Ser-
vice, at a p. in. every Sunday.
FRANCIS CURRAN,
Missionary.
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Agencies
ictpal towns of the surrounding proi
The introduction of goods of American manufacture into this
market for competition with those of European origin, lias been
lor many years-a specialty of their business, aft- references to
the various manufacturers they represent,— which are kindly
permitted,— will demonstrate the unequalled facilities they pos-
ies* and have succesfiutly employed t» ihi* purpose.
Further agencies, suitable to then- lines of business, hard-
ware, machinery, amnestic goods,, specialities etc., etc., are
lesnrtiuUr solicited, a cash bans being readily conceded
yfHwevtt ffeeiatami txclntivt conditions are tenderedby
Bunufactiirers.
FORTY YEARS.
. The trip which the Emperor has just
taken through the province of Minas
Geraes. following that oflast year into the
interior of Paranii, has unquestionably
raised some doubts in his mind as to the
progress of this empire during his long
reign of torty years. It is unfortunate per-
haps that his first trips through these" prov-
inces should have occurred in the closing
hours of so long and so peaceful a reign, and
that the practical results of that reign should
be brought to his attention at a time when
it is almost too late to retrieve the errors
which have been made.
In visiting' the province of Parand, his
first introduction was to the little village, by
courtesy a city, of Paranagud, whose crumb-
ling walls, deserted buildings and grass-
grown streets told the sad story of decadence
and ruin. Standing at the entrance of one
of the most beautiful bays of the world, and
at the gates of a province possessing great
natural wealth and a genial climate, it
should have told another story. Its streets
should have been alive with trade and in-
dustry, and its port should have been
filled with the white sails of all nations.
Instead there was nothing to be seen but
the ruins of a more active and prosperous era,
the apathy and neglect and stagnation of
.the present.
Going into the interior, his majesty found
nothing but wretched roads, neglected
dwelling places and a poor, apathetic popu-
lation. He saw everywhere the decaying
signs of past prosperity, even to the totally
deserted sites of populous villages. And
he saw around him a people who had lost
all independence of character, and who
looked helplessly, to the imperial and pro-
vincial governments for even the most or-
dinary services belonging to their every-day
community lite.
During his recent visit into the interior
of Minas Geraes the same general aspect of
decadence and retrogression met his gaze.
He saw the lack of public spirit, the total
want of individual character and enterprise.
Although broken by mountain ranges and
covered, with extensive tracts of sterile land,
he found a great province full of mineral
wealth, traversed by fertile river valleys
capable of producing the greatest variety of
products, and a climate surpassed by but
few localities in the world. - And yet, the
same general appearance of decay met him
almost at every step. The roads are no
belter, if as good, as they were in colonial
times, one hundred years ago. The planta-
tion houses of colonial times still stand, but
around them the land lies sterile and aban-
doned, or half cultivated by slaves. The
towns along the roads into the mining dis-
tricts are now but the melancholy reminders
of those early days when.their streets were
full of life and business activity. As the
Emperor rode through them be must have
seen the deserted shops on whose crumb-
ling threshold- the grass 1ms grown for
years ; he must have seen through broken
shutters tlie mouldy, decaying interior of
many a desolate house from which all life and
hope died out in years, long since passed; he
must have seen the grass-grown streets which
are deserted and lifeless except when some
blaring politicat parade or some mediaeval
religions procession comes winding through
them ; he must have seen the degradation of
their people into whose lives no ambition
nor noble impulse ever comes, who toil
neither for self nor country, and who live in
idleness, squalor, and crime. And with all
this, he must have seen the signs of another
civilization and another industrial life which
ceased to exist years ago, and whose ruins
now lie scattered about him.
Within these forty years of his reign there
has been an almost unbroken peace. The
world has been steadily growing in wealth,
and in its instruments for acquiring wealth.
The advancement of civilization has dcvelbp-
ed better systems of government, purer sys-
tems of religion, higher systems of educa-
tion, and nobler types of individual character.
And yet, throughout every province of this
empire except one, there are seen the mel-
ancholy signs of industrial decadence. As
in the provinces of Minas Geraes and Pa r-
and so too in those others of the north are
seen. the mould of stagnation and decay.
The ruins of another civilization are found
even where the ceaseless streams of trade are
flowing in and out. In the very vicinity of
the imperial capital can be found the re-
mains of agricultural industries* which are
to-day unknown; and within a distance of
fifteen miles can be found a large town,
better built than the majority of its neigh-
bors, which is to-day half deserted and in
ruins. Instead of a young country just
entering into the community of nations
with all the vigor of fresh blood and new
life, the empire of Brazil shows all the
decrepitude and decay of old age. It can
not be an agreeable sight to an Emperor
whose personal ambitions and aspirations
are of so high a character, but- the waving
of flags and bursting of fireworks can not
hide the melancholy sight, and he must now
see that there has been some elements in
his reign which have not been in harmony
with the progress of the age.
It is true that within the past forty years
the population of this empire has been
doubled and that her foreign commerce has
been increased nearly twenty fold. It is
true that her politicat position among the
nations of the world is far higher than then,
and that the Emperor has won a high place
among their sovereigns. It is true that
railways have been built and telegraph lines
erected, and that a few leading cities possess
many of the instrumentalities which char-
acterize a high state of civilization. But at
the same time industry has been narrowed
into a very few channels, the bulk of for-
eign commerce passes through the hands of
strangers who absorb the profits, and the
revenue of the country has been increased
from sixteen thousand to one hundred and
ten thousand contos, or an increase of seven
fold in taxation, These results have not
come in with the winds and the rains, nor
have they sprung from the soil. They are
the outgrowth of institutions which have
been nourished and protected at the expense
of the nation, until like parasitic plants they
crush the sturdy trunk that has upheld
them.
What these institutions are, and what to
do with them, must now be the problem in
the closing years of a half century's reign.
The blight of slavery rests upon the produce
tive industries of the entire nation, and it
must be removed. The iron hand of the
Roman church rests upon the people, and
it,, too, must be removed. The wasteful
and repressive system of bureaucratic govern-
ment, centering in the imperial capital,
weighs upon the political and industrial
development of the whole empire, and it
also must be changed. Many opportunities
have been lost in these forty years to reform
these evils and to build up this empire on a
more substantial and lasting foundation,
and the empire has unquestionably lost
many an opportunity to take a higher rank
among the nations of the world. The evils
have now outgrown any casual opportunity
to crush them and their results are apparent
to every eye. It is not an easy task to
retrace one's steps and to begin one's work
anew, but from that there is now no alter-
native, i
CANADIAN SUBSIDIES.
At ti meeting of, the Canadian House of Com-
mons on March 8th, Sir John A. Mncdonald stated
that the Brazilian government had formally granted
a fifty -tlionsiiiuUlollai' subsidy lo a> line of steamers
which is to ply ,be|i(ecn. Canada anil Brazil, a
similar amount having been placed in, the estimates '
lieforc the House for that purpose as a subsidy
from the Canadian government. A company lias
Ikuii lormi.il in London for providing a monthly
steamship service between Montreal and 'Brazilian
ports. It is named the "Canadian and Brazilian
Direct Mail Steamship Company," with "a capital
of ,£280,000. It proposes to at once put four
steamships of 2,000 Ions each upon the line and ,
thus earn the subsidy. Independent of tins subsidy
the company is to enjoy the rights and privileges of
vessels carrying mails, in the shape of exemption
Irom port charges and other imposts.
NEW ORLEANS AND THE MEXICAN
COFFEE TRADE.
Almost at our very doors, within three days and
a few hours distance of New Orleans, lies one of the
greatest and the most productive coffee regions on
the planet. But a few miles from Vera Cruz, in
Mexico, is situated Cordova, which lies within a
short mile of the railroad that connects the capital
of the republic with the gulf coast. Here the cof-
fee tree thrives in a congenial soil. From Cordova
to Orizaba, and from one side to the other of the
great valley in which the former town is situated,
both the soil and the climate are favorable to the
production and perfection of coffee trees. -In the
interior stales of San Luis Potosi and Aguas Cal-
ientes, Nucvo Leon and Zacntecas, the coftee tree
thrives and is productive, but not so much so as in
thegutf states of Vera Cruz and Tabasco, and the
states of Colima, Michaocan, Sinaloa and Guerrero,
which border on the Pacific ocean. The very
finest coffee region, not only of Mexico but most
probably of the whole world, is found at Uruapani,
a little! village in the state of Michoacan. At this
place the coffee tree attains a size and productiveness
unequalecl in any other part of the planet, while the
quality of the l>erry is superior to the best grown in
Java, and is at least equal to the finest produced in
Arabia Felix. New Orleans is the nearest American
market for the coffee harvests of Mexico, yet thous-
ands of bags arc annually sent to Europe and
Northern ports of the United .Stales. But when
railroad communication shall be established with this
country this trade will probably be divided between
St. Louis and the Crescent City, while, the latter
mart will undoubtedly furnish the entire South with
this precious production of our fair southern sister
republic. — New Orleans Democrat.
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THE RIO NEWS.
"ESSENCIALMENTE AGEICOLA,"
After making all due allowance for the
differences ol location, products and pop-
ulation, upon whichever side thay may fall,
there is much of value and interest in a com-
parison between the agricultural production
of the state of Illinois and the whole empire
of Brazil. We make the comparison, imperfect
as it must necessarily he, not from a wish
to say unkind things of an industry here
which has had unusual difficulties and bur-
dens to contend with, hut irom the wish
to show what an essentially agricultural
community can do, and how futile have
been the artificial means here employed to
accomplish the same result. There is an
erroneous belief, and it is ! not an uncom-
mon one, that agriculture is not a wealth-
producing industry in comparison with the
many other occupations which men com-
monly choose. An examination of the
returns of the state of Illinois for 1880,
however,. must lead to another conclusion.
Under favoring conditions— which arc found
everywhere in Brazil— intelligent agriculture
is one of the most profitable occupations
into which men can enter, not only through
the direct returns from the labor expended,
but from the low average of risk through
terms ol years. The enormous value of the
agricultural products of Illinois means a
large per capita income for the whole popu-
lation, and in that one result lies the source
of a country's permanent prosperity.
In their physical characteristics there is
a wide difference— a difference in the favor.
ol the one in location, social development,
and fertility of soil, but of the other in ex-
tent, population, and in the diversity of its
soil, climate and productions. Illinois has an
area of 55,414 square miles and a popula-
tion according to the last census of 3,083,-
326. Brazil, on the other hand, has an area
of 3. 218,750 square miles, and a population
somewhere between ten and eleven millions,:
or nearly six times the area and over three
and one-half times the population of Ill-
inois. As between two such countries there
should be ho other comparison than that of
averages and percentages, but yet the agricul-
tural development of the one, and the indus-
trial errors of the other, have been carried
to such an extreme that a comparison of
aggregates can be made to the great ad-
vantage of the smaller and less populous
state.
According to tables prepared by the
secretary^ the Illinois state board of agricul-
ture for the calendar year 1880, the number
and value of horses, cattle, hogs and sheep,
and the quantity and value of farm products
for that year were as follows:
large areas of land, this total would have
been still further increased, probably to the
round sum of $260,000,000.
In the last rdatorio of the minister of
finance, the quantities and values of the
national products exported during the fiscal
year 1878-79— the last year for which the
export of the whole empire is given— were
as follows :
terprise, individual impulse. The govern-
ment must do less; the planter must do
more. If the Brazilian planter will imitate
the example of the Illinois farmer, such
comparisons as the above will soon be of
the past.
1878-79 quantity
of. value
Coffee, kilos 216,022,823
113,481,929$
Sugal-, „ 146,857,810
21,812,069
Rubber, „ 6,170,943
10,960,791
Cotton, , 25.487,259
.9,906,300
Hides, „ 10,481,296
8.352,482
Tobacco ,, \,,, 19,881,045
7.179,697
Mate, ,, 13,722,390
2,715.624
Castnnl.fi nuts 3,507,044
510,468
Wood, pieces 15,084,360
49I.32S
Gold, grams 1,602,628
2,222,283
Diamonds ,, I2 i599
944,50s
Diverse products.. . .
25,480,024
Total official value,
2°4,"57.5""
Deduct export of gold anddiam.
3,166,791
\<ld 25% for products consumed
200,890, 709
50,222,677
1.IVK STOCK.
number
value
$24.239.9!>4
19,895,484
Hogs 3,800,364
4,800,364
Sheep 964,696
1,246,822
FARM PRODUCTS.
quantify
value
$83,757,039
Wheat, „ 56,508,309
46,497,160
12.858,217
Rve > 2,737,159
'.5'3.5S7
560,703
Potatoes, ,, 647,811
3.689,348
Hay, tons 3,486,584
22,589,691
Orchard products, 306,096 acres ,
under cultivation
8,176,480
Dairy products, estimated
27,000,000
$256,824,000
From- this it will be seen that the total
value of the live stock produced during the
year 1880 was ,$50,182,654, and lhat of the
various farm products, exclusive of garden
products and small fruits, was £206,642,255
—making a grand total of 5256,824,909.
Had an account been rendered of the value
of garden products and small fruits, both of
which give occupation to many hands and
Tola] production 251,113,386
Or, at par of 27 pence $136,697,543
at present excli, of 21 d. $105,465,513
The totals here given include many art-
icles which can not be properly classified
among the agricultural productions of the
country, but as the official statistics group
them all together .into one item, "diverse
products, " it is impossible to determine
their amount. As there arc many small
products which dolnot enter into the list of
exports, it may be, considered that the two
classes balance each other, and that the total
iven is approximately correct. The allow-
ance of twenty-five per cent, for the value
of those agricultural products which arc
consumed at home will at first sight be
deemed too low, but when it is remembered
that coffee forms about 55 per cent., and
the first six articles, in the above table about
84 per cent, of the total export; wheri it is
remembered that Brazil imports all her (iour,;
nearly all of her rice, a large percentage of
corn, all her hay, ninetcen-twenticlhs of
her jerked beef and dried fish, and very
nearly all of such articles of consumption
as potatoes, canned vegetables, etc., etc.,—
when all these facts are considered it will be
seen that 25 per cent, is too large instead
of too small an allowance. In addition we
have here specified several forest products to
a total value of 14,678,208$, which should
not enter into a list of agricultural produc-
tions.
A comparison between these two results
shows that upon a fair valuation the agri-
cultural product of the slate of Illinois is
considerably more than twice that of Brazil.
The state of Illinois has never known the
dwarfing influence of slavery nor the restric-
tive influence of the great proprietorships.
Land is cultivated in large or small csla te
according to the ability of the cultivator,
the great part of the land being held ami
owned by small farmers. The transfer of
property is made easy, and the state provides
for the registry and protection of titles.
Transportation is cheap and rapid, and is
unencumbered with any useless formalities.
Labor is honorable and honored, the most
successful farmers not only supervising their
estates but actually working in the fields
themselves. The use of labor-saving mach-
inery is universal. The hand of the gov-
ernment is unseen and unfelt.
It is not difficult for our Brazilian readers
to draw the parallel in this case, and to
determine many ofthe causes which have led
to the meagre results of Brazilian agricul-
ture. The evils which have weighed upon
this industry are principally artificial, and
can be removed. It is useless to attempt
further to build up a prosperous industry on
the system now in vogue; another must be
There mast be free labor, free cn-
THE DATE COFFEE COMPANY.
A special general meeting of the shareholders of
the company was held at the City Termtnus Hotel,
London, on March 14, to consider Ihe confirmation
of resolutions to the effect that Ihe capital of the
company he ,£50,000, divided into shares ol^t
each; empowering the directors 10 call in all shares
or certificates for shares, and to issue instead shares
or certificates for shares of the company of £1'
each; and authorizing Hie directors to allot and issue
the shares as they might deem fit. 'Ihe chairman*
Mr; Henry Haymen, before pulling ihe resolutions,
referred lo various criticisms in Ihe press, and said
Hint, condensed, they amounted lo this, that the
original patent of Mr. Henley (the English com-
pany) was, comparatively speaking, worthless. His
answer to that was thai Ihe English company had
proved that the cost of manufacturing [he patent
date coffee did not exceed a certain sum, and they
had actually entered into contracts for the sale of
the entire male of the company at a price which
would, he said, leave a profit of 100 per cent, to
the parent company, irrespective altogether of ihe
sale ol patents made or which might be made. In
reply to other hostile criticisms, and, alter alluding
to the large sales already of "the stuff" he asserted
that Mr. Henley's patent was unassailable. It had
been stated that £10,000 had been spent in a fort-
night in advertising a subsidiary company, but the
amount was under ,£2,000. No secret was made
of the fact that when ihe company was registered
the chairman, the solicitor, and the patentee took
2,000 shares each; bat lhat, be said, showed their
confidence in the company. The committee of the
Stock Exchange, however, objected, and therefore
they disposed of some, nnd the directors at present
held about 3,000 of the shares. Something had
been said about ihe French company and Ihe Ger
man company. The directors did not intend that
they should work in an antagonistic spirit 10 Ihe En-
glish company, and force their produce on Ihe En-
glish market so as to depreciate the value of Ihe
English company. He had not Ihe shadow of a
doubl ttiat the dividend would lie a hundred per
cent. That was the estimate he made some lime
ago; but since then they had made one or two dis-
coveries which greatly advanced the value of the
article, one being that it need not be sold in i.lb.
tins, but could be sold with a profit in tins of 2</.,
30% 4/f., and 6S. each. Another and very impor-
tant matter was that they could now make it into
cakes, so that a piece might lie broken off, and when
put into hot water there was Ihe cap ol coffee at
once. And, again, Ihey had found by mixing a
small proportion of the chocolate bean Willi the dale
coffee and puttitigit into aspecial process they could
produce the finest chocolate. In conclusion, he
moved the resolutions as above. The motion was
seconded and carried, after the chairman had re-
plied to a few questions; and at a subsequent meet-
ing resolutions were passed authorizing the directors
lo carry out an agreement made between the com-
pany and Mr. R. M. Hillier, on behalf of Ihe Ger-
man Date Coffee Company, and to divide the
purchase-money of £50,000 as either dividend or
bonus among the shareholders of the company.
it. Indeed, Mr. Morris thinks that from its more
robust and prolific character, and from the gener-
ally more economic treatment to Which it is amen-
able, it is quite possible that jls cultivation will
prove even mote remunerative than the high priced
varieties of Arabian coffee. Mr. ' Morris's remarks
on the propagation of Liberian coffee, on the cli-
mate, temperature, soil, aspect, and shade most
suitable, will be of the greatest value to planters.
SLAVERY IN BRAZIL.
At the present time, when the attention; of her.,
majesty's government has again been directed to
the ineffectual character of the measures adopted
for the suppression of the slave trade in coiintries
over which the sovereigns ofTurkey and Egypt hold
dominion, it must not be forgotten that "the aboli-
tion of slavery," on which popular demagogues
delight no expatiate, is, in a great measure, a
delusion. There are many countries throughout
the world, claiming to be civilized, where this bar-
barons institution still exists. In Brazil the evil is
notorious; and the other day Senhor Jonquim Na-
buco-was entertained to breakfast by the president
of Ihe British and Foreign Anti-Shivery Society, at
the Charing Cross Hotel, in recognition of his ■
efforts to bring about total emancipation in the
country lo which he belongs. By a law passed in
1831 Ihe slave trade in Brazil was distinclly made
illegal. By another more stringent act, passed in
1850, Ihe slave trade was said to have come to an
end. Then, byan extraordinary act passed in 1871,
those mho were, then in slavery were to continue lo
be so, but all born after lhat should be accounted
free, but for 25 years were to be subject 10 an ap-
prenticeship. According 10 Senhor Nabuco, private
beneficence has lar outstripped the attempts of Ihe
slate 10 reduce Ihe number of Ihe slaves, and l
thousands of liberations have been freely granted
This is as it oughl to be. More depends on ihe
efforts of ihe people than any net of legislation, and
ihe society with which Senhor Nabuco is connected
ought to do a vast amount of good in protecting
the oppressed and gaining liberty for all who truly
deserve it. It is all very well .0 argue that many.;
ol the slaves are lar. .teller off lhan they could pos.'
sibly be if ihey were freemen; bet as Cowper says 1
"Freedom lias a thousand charms'V show,
Which slaves, howe'er contented, never know."
—British Mercantile Gazette, March 31.
LIBERJAN COFFEE.
trietl.
The director of the public gardens and planta-
tions of Jamaica, Mr. Morris, has recently pub-
lished an interesting work entitled Wafer on Li/ierim
Coffee. After giving a history of this variety,
and describing the success which has attended its
cultivation in Ihe East and West Indies, Mr. Morris
quotes the opinions of several planters to show
that it cannot he grown successfully under the same
condilionsas regards elevation and climate as the
best varieties of Arabian coffee. Having its home
on the western coast of Africa, and flourishing in
ihe rich, fat lands extending from ihe fool of the
hills to the seaside, it is essentially a low-country
plant. Wherever it has been tried under cultivation
in lite East and West Indies it has shown a decided
preference for the "warm, moist, and stimulating
climate" of the plains. One £>eat thing about it is
lhat although it actually, possesses no immunity
from Ihe deadly coffee-leaf disease, it is, neverthe-
less, able lo l>ear its effects much more success-
fully than C. amiiea, and on this account alone it
deserves careful attention in all coffee-growing
countries. With regard 10 its commercial value Mr.
Morris thinks it will probably be lower than the
best varieties of Arabian, but he slates thai it is the
opinion of experienced coffee dealers that "the
Lilierian bean will ultimately find its level along-
side Java and native descriptions selling at about
oar. p.r cwt." This does not necessarily involve a
lower return for Hie capital and attention devoted to
ARGENTINE BONDS A TSi AND gi.
Argentine bonds are quoted on the London stock
exchange at, say, 92 ex-coapon, and 12 million dol-
lar, have been sold at 82, bearing 6 per cent, inter-
est. At the same lime, British 3 per cent, bonds
are at 991,; French 5 per cent, consols at 120 fes
70 c; and ihe United States are able 10 refund their
debl at 3^ per cent. It is worth while to under-
stand clearly Ihe reasons why, under such a con-
dilion of the money market of Ihe world, Argen
tine bonds bearing 6 per eenl. are.in Ihe eslimation
of the Argentine government, worth 82, and in
Ihe opinion of the slock exchange, worth 92 It
is, plainly, nol because the resources of (his iountry
are not sufficiently great to sustain confidence in
our ability to p,y.„ ur obligations, for countries, far
less able lo pay, have a higher credit. What, then,
is the reason for this anomalous state of affairs ? In
our opinion, the difference between the above
quotation on Ihe stock exchange and, fo, example,
the credit of Chile in the time of peace, i, the
world's opinion of the war-risk and the discrediting
influence of an inconvertible paper money. We
venture to say thai, had we a currency based upon
and convertible into gold, and had we a guarantee
of peace, our 6 per cent, bonds would be more than
102, instead of 82 or 92. The only menace of peace
come, from Chile. T„ ,hi, d i r ec,io„ there are
clouds and doubt. There is a pretly prevalent feel-
ing abroad lhat we shall drift into a war. While
we see and confess the gravity of the situation, we
do not believe there will be war. This would he
supreme folly and great wickedness which we are
not prepared to believe the two republics capable
of commuting, but this the world does not see and
their doubts may be read in Ihe slock exchange
quotation. Then, too, we discredit ourselves by
consenting to monetary Ixinkruptcy in circulating
notes lhat we do „ot even try lo pay, and this has a
powerful influence on our credit. Give the republic
peace at home and abroad, and give it »n honest
and gold currency for n basis, and uniform guar-
anteed notes for purpose, of business and exchange,
and our credit and prosperity would he fat stronger
than they are to-day. Tresident Jiocn can compass
bolh ends, and if he does, his administration will
stand out in bold relief, and wilh golden letters Will
Us honors be preserved in honor.-Ar/rn.j Aire,
Herald.
The February reduction of the United States
public debt was $11,843,155.51.
Thl indications are that the Uni'ed . State, will
receive a half million of emigrants .during the pres-
ent yea,r.
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THE RIO NEWS.
PROVINCIAL NOTES.
—The March receipts of the Manaos custom
house were 28,4i8$69o*
— A German colonist named Bielmeyer was as-
sassinated on the 17th ult. on the Santa Barbara
fazenda, Amparo, S. Paulo.
— Many ol the immigrants sent to the Sao Paulo
barracks have found work on the railways arid
plantations of that province.
—The provincial government of Rio tie Janeiro
has appropriated the sum of 8,000$ for repairing
the roads between Mage" andTheresopolis.
—The wall of the Campinas jail was broken
through on the morning of the 23rd ult. and n
slave, convicted of murder, made his escape,
—The "Saea-Rulhas" club of Rio Grandc'cel-
ebrated on t!ie 21st ult. the three-hundred -and -
eighty-first anniversary of the discovery of Brazil.
— A few years ago Francisco dos Reise Silva, a
resident of Campanha, Minas Geraes, was a slave
belonging to Raphael dos Reis e Silva. To-day he is
a free man, a qualified voter, and the owner of land:
to the value of some 6,000$. And yet we are told
that the emancipated slaves will not work.
— The Diario, of Campinas, Sao Paulo, relates
that a quarrel took place between two brothel
Benedicto and Raymundo do Rosario on the 20th
ult. at Mogy-mirim in which llenediclo was killed
with a blow from his brother's knife. The fratricide
escaped.
—A planters' club, composed of planters, mer-
chants, lawyers and doctors, was organized at Par-
abyba do Sul on the 20th ult. A local sheet fears
that the objects of the organization arc chiefly pol-
itical.
The March receipts of the Para custom house
amounted to a total of 455,242$4<x>, against 507,-
o68$SS5 for the same month of last year. This
total is 8o,639$S33 below 'he receipts for February.
—The residents of Sao Jeronymo, Rio Grande do
Sul, have sent a representation to the provincial
assembly in favor of the 7 per cent, guarantee on
the capital invested in working the Arroio dos
Ratos eoal mines.
— On the 20tb an attempted assassination took
place near Valenca in which a man named Mesquita
was stabbed by a slave who had come with him from
Campo Hello, The wounded man went into Valenca,
entered his complaint at the police headquarters,
and was sent to the hospital. The police have since
announced that Mesquita is one of the individuals
recently concerned in the rumored rising of slaves
at Canpo Bello. '*
—There seems to be some slight soreness at
Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, because one of the
lucky winners of the Ypiranga sorte grande failed
to distribute his money around. After drawing his
450,000$, the young man sent 9,500$ back to Pel-
otas, 5,000$ of which went to the brokers who sold
him the ticket. The Correio Mercantil thinks, how-
ever, that "a little is better than nothing;" and as
the good people of Pelotas have no claim whatever
on the young man's money, we are inclined to
think so too.
—The Diario de Pelotas says that Colonel La-
torre has sent a telegram to Montevideo offering to
retire from Jaguariio, Rio Grande, and not to return
to Montevideo, providing Colonel Santos will with-
draw from his house' and leave the Uruguayan
' government in the hands of President Vidal. The
Uruguayans received this message with great en-
thusiasm. President Vidal, however, says that lie
will sustain Santos, and a special ambassador has
been sent to the Brazilian government to ask the
internment of Latorrc.
—For the fiscal year 1879-80 the treasury balance
sheet of the province of Amazonas shows the follow-
ing receipts and expenditures :
Regular receipts. ........ 1,015,831^104
Deposits 137.664 453
-Malignant fevers are reported to be raging at
Caruarii, Pernambuco.
— There have been regular and heavy rains in the
province of Ceara during the past month.
— The number of qualified voters at Santarem,
Para, under the new electoral regulations, is 158.
— The provincial assembly of Amazonas was
opened on the 4th nit. , with an attendance of twelve
deputies.
—At latest advices the provincial assembly of
Alagoas was holding preparatory sessions because
of inability to get a quorum together.
■ — According to the relatorio of the provincial
president of Amazonas the treasury balances on the
1st of March amounted to 802,000$, ■
—The March receipts of the Parnahyba (Pinuhy)
custom house amounted to 6,3i8$8qi, and of the
provincial collector's office 757$9<>3.
—The president of Ceara has authorized the
emission of provincial apolices to the amount of
100,000$ in accordance with the law of July
is??.
— It is announced that an epidemic similar to that
which has been so fatal in Vassouras, has recently
broken out at Commercio, on the Dom Pedro II
railway.
— The internal revenue receipts of the provincial
collector's office of Ceara during the first quarter of
this year amounts Io8i,i86$i75, against 99,o6q$76i
for the same period of last year.
— The postoflice at Pindamonhangaba, Sao Paulo,
was broken into during the night of the 27th ult.
and rubbed to the amount of 30$. The worthy
postmaster has proceeded to make investigations.
— On the 25th ult. the vicar at Casa Branca was
fired upon by some concealed individual and sev-
erely wuuiuled. Some forty shot were afterwards
taken out of his left side and shoulder. The would-
be assassin escaped, of course. They always do.
—Notoriety has at last fallen upon that cluster
of huts known as Igapimirim, province pf Para. An
Englishman named Charles Fort has recently re-
ceived a beating there from the hands of two bare-
footed patriots, and the Juiz of the place has been
compelled to run for his life.
— A question having arisen between the city
council of Manaos, Amazonas, and the provincial
president with reference to some petty dispute about
city administration, the former has resolved to
make a representation to the imperial govern-
ment.
—On the occasion of a religious procession at
Pernambuco on the night of the 15th ult. the thieves
and pickpockets improved the opportunity to gather
in a good harvest. The principal victims were the
Women who were foolish enough to wear their
jewelry on such an occasion, one of them having
even the rings pulled from her ears.
— A scheme is on foot 111 Rio Grande do Sul and
the neighboring Argentine provinces for the cutting
of a canal between the Parana and Uruguay rivers,
through that part of Argentine territory known as
the Missoes. The distance is 10 leagues and the
estimated cost 4,000,000$. The projectors ask only
the right to collect toll for a term of years.
—The Santa Catharina correspondent of the
Cruzeiro says that the directors of the Dona Theresa
Christina railway are building a wharf at Imbetuba
for the discharge of vessels bringing material for
the road.
Balance from 1878-79..
49.238 555
1,202,734 112
Regular expenditures.... 709,0238205
Deposits withdrawn. ..... 138,362 161
847,385 366
Balance carried over to 1880-81 355-348 746
— On the occasion of the Emperor's visitlo Sao
Joao do Morro Grande, Minas Geraes, about the
middle of last month, Mr. Charles Henry Williams,
of Cocoes, director of the National Brazilian Min-
ing Co. (in liquidation), granted letters of freedom
to four of the compahy's slaves, the papers being
presented by his majesty. Mr. Williams expresses
a hope that he will soon be able to free all the
slaves belonging to this old English association.
On the same occasion a memorial was presented to
'■■ the Emperor by Mr. Williams with respect to the
Catta Branca slaves so long held in illegal slavery
; by the Morro Velho company, to \vh0mi9-years
wages are due according to the decision of- the
courts, ' ,
RAILROAD NOTES.
—The January storms in England cost the Great
Western railway the total sum of £ 56,000.
—The January receipts of the Sao Paulo and Rio
de Janeiro railway amounted to 94,4321270, and
the expenditures to 68,777$423.
—The March receipts ol the "Recife ao S. Fran-
cisco" railway amounted to I4i,095$6i;, and the
expenditures to 57. 2 47$7° 6 -
— The government has accorded its approval to
the changes made in the line of the Rio Verde
railway.
—A meeting of the shareholders of the S. Paulo
and Rio de Janeiro line is called to meet on the
22nd init.
—We believe we are correct in stating that,
including the extra lines laid down over a large
portion of their system, and the vast number of
sidings, the London and Northwestern Company
maintain the astonishing amount ol no less than
10,000 miles of railway. The capital embarked in
this vast aggregate amounts to no less a sum than
£ 100,000,000, while its average weekly receipts
fall little short of ^200,000. The company annually
carry nearly 50,000,600 passengers and between
30,000,000 and 40,000,000 tons of merchandise and
minerals, in the conveyance of which their trains
run 25,000,000 miles, while ihere are employed
Upward of 2,000 engines, 3,000 carriages, and
nearly 50,000 goods-wagons and other vehicles of
various descriptions, to say nothingof a magnificent
fleet of steamers, a stud of between 2,000 and3,ooo
horses, and last, though not least, an army of
50,000 men. — Exchange.
— An imperial decree of the 2nd inst. approves
RIVER PLATE ITEMS.
From the Herald, Buenos Aires, April 14.
— Jujuy is the richest province of the republic in
natural resources.
— The length of the Catalinas mole is to be
increased 1200 metres.
— The population of Buenos Aires at the end of
Match, was estimated at 274,886 souls.
— Sig, Ferrari's opera company will be here on
the 1st prox,, and the first opera will be sung on
the loth of May.
— It is believed still, that Messrs. Rothichild, the
wealthy bankets, have an agent here contracting
with the general government lor the colonization
of lands, and the building of railways, though of
course not on anything like the fabulous scale
spoken of not long ago.
— La Industrial, a manufactory of tobacco in
Montevideo, has been burned. The losses are
estimated at 80,000 dollars gold. A watch-making
shop alongside was also burned. The fire lasted
five hours, in which time about a quarter of a block
of buildings was destroyed. Happily there were
no personal accidents.
— The old steamer Part of Buenos Ayres, but
now called Dos Hermanos, has been lost in Fitzroy
channel in the straits ofMagellnn, having been
driven on the rocks in a storm. She was insured
in offices in this city. Mr, Slant, now in this city,
will lake a diver down and attempt to raise her.
—Authentic information from Santa-Fe" reports
wheal scarce and high. There will be none to come
down, the river, and very little flour, for the very
good reason that it will pay better to keep it for the
home market.
—The provincial Riachuelo loan, issued at 90
percent., payable in gold, is not being taken up,
and there is no probability that it will be. An
internal gold loan is one which would meet with
difficulty in any case, and with us it is unnecessary,
as paper money will be used in the completion of
the works.
— Mr. Beaumont is succeeding admirably
ostrich farming, with African ostriches. Incubation
has been successful, and all the feathers find quick
sale in the home markets. Some of the finest
feathers which grace the prettiest hats worn by the
fairest Portefias, are grown and prepared in this
province;
—The bids for furnishing 800 tons of steel rails
for the Western railway has been awarded to two
houses— Mr. Cockcrell, of Lisle, Belgium, and Mr.
Cammell, Sheffield, England, each 400 tons, at /6
12s. 6d., delivered at Antwerp and Liverpool. This
is a low price lor steel rails. The highest bid was
£10. Mr. Cruzot did not bid, having too much
to do.
—After deducting all working expenses, &c, it
has been shown that the Central Argentine railway
has gained during the last three years:
$f. 319,262 87 in 1878.
„ 366,202 25 ,, 1879.
„ 636,186 53 ,, 1880.
A great part of which notable increase is attributed
to our commerce with Bolivia.
—During the fust quarter nf this year, the
receipts of'thc Western railway, have been 12,125,-
476*75. The cash on hand on the 1st of January
having been 8,564^37, the whole forms 12,134,-
04i$i2, The disbursements during the same period
having been io,5o6.759$75 there remains a balance
on hand of i,627,28i$37 up to the end of March.
—The ex -commissary of the Ocampo colony,
Mr. N. Andrews, was arrested on Friday, on the
passenger mole, as he was about to take the steamer
for Europe. The arre*t was made by order of the
minister of foreign affairs, and the charge is the
very serious one of having hanged a colonist, atler
submitting him to the most cruel torments.
—Messrs. V. Sicard & Co. are announced to have
received advices to the effect that a French bank,
with a capital of ten million francs, subscribed by
various influential and wealthy capitalists, is about
to be established here. It is added that all the lead-
iii^ French firms in this market have showed their
confidence in the success of the undertaking by
subscribing largely for shares.
—Our colleague La Liberlad calls attention , to
what it not inaptly terms the scandal of the day,
showing how, according to the budget sanctioned
by the provincial deputies, it is proposed to spend
85 millions currency per annum. This unwar-
rantable increase of expenditure arises from the
facts that the Governor's salary, which was $20,000
per month, has been raised to $30,000, and that
of the Vice-Governor from $15,000 to $20,000. An
Governor's secretary, with $4,000 per month, has
been created, and the stipend of the deputies, which
was $40,000 per annum, has been increased, by
themselves, to $60,000. To meet this deficit, for
which there is absolutely no occasion, the tax on
rural property has been increased 20 per cent.
From the Herald, Buenos Aires, April 23, i88rv-
— Eight new proposals have been submitted to
the government for the founding of agricultural and
industrial colonies in the Chaco.
— Quarantine is still imposed on all arrivals from
Rio Janeiro, where, we are sorry to say, the yellow
fever appears to have taken a turn for the worse.
— The entire judicial system which prevails in
this republic, would disgrace the middle ages. It is
so bad that the public get on only by remaining in
ignorance ordnrkness concerning it.
— The state of the camps in Entre Rios and Cor-
rientes, though naturally flowing with milk and
honey, is every d-iy growing more dangerous owing
to the lawless bands of marauders who are unmo-
lested by the law.
— The fever to expropriate the Southern railway,
is manifestly growing in force and extent, which is
all the greater pity since we have so much better
use for all our capita! and skill.
— The captain of the port lias fined all vessels
not having buoys to anchor with, although no notice
has been given to the consuls or captains, and when
well known that such a demand has not been
made or known of for a long lime. This kind of
snap-judgment is not creditable, and partakes loo
much of the appearance that money from mult as is
wanted.
— Three Danish gentlemen arc going down to
Patagonia in the Villarino to spy out the land with a
view of establishing a Scandinavian colony, if the
prospect is pleasing. We sincerely hope they will
come, for they are the best of immigrants.
THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF MEXICO.
The rise of progress in Mexico within the past
few months is unparalleled in the history of civil-
ization. A year ago the country seemed to be
without prospect or ambition of advancement. To-
day it is vocal with hum of industry and eloquent
with indications of improvement upon a grand and
striking scale. Railroads are springing up. Eight
thousand men are working on one road to run north
from the city of Mexico lo the Rio Grande. Seven
thousand men are working on another which is to
run northwest to meet the Southern Pacific. Other
thousands are clearing the pathway, felling forests
and bridging torrents lor a' railway from the capital
to the Pacific Ocean. Smaller roads are reaching
out into the mining district, the rich agricultural
fields of San Luis Potosi, the magnificent dome of
Yucatan. In all more than thirty thousand men arc
at this moment toiling at the structure ol 'Mexico's
commercial greatness, and the iron bands which are
to unite the two republics are being lorged white we
eat and sleep. Almost/before we realize it, Mexico
will be in fact our next door neighbor. We shall
have two or three direct communications by rail,
half a dozen steamship lines, daily mail, and con-
stant social and commercial intercourse— and all
this with a country which, up lo this moment, has
been more of a stranger to us than Italy or Switz-
erland.
People discover that the upper classes' of the
capital are refined, cultured, and polished; that their
life is one of elegance and luxury; that their homes
are charming, graceful and pure. They find that
the Mexicans are anxious to place their country in
the march ol progress, to encourage the introduc-
tion of capital and to promote the domiciliation of
the peaceful arts and sciences, And thus, with a
start, as it were, our capitalists, our business men,
our speculators have awakened to the importance ol
Mexico in the grand economical problem of the gen-
eration. — Acre Orleans Democrat.
A strong free trade movement is taking place In
Spain, with which many prominent men are iden-
tified. A commercial treaty with England and tariff
reforms in Cuba are principal features in the move-
ment.
Thirteen vessels, with an aggregate tonnage of
21,554 tons, were launched from- the Clyde ship-
yards in February. . .
provisionally tile tariffs of the Limoeiro railway ol increase of $200,000 in office expense, has keen
Pernambuco.
auctioned. The heretofore unknown office of
TilKlate SirGeorge Colley, before leaving Durban
to take command of the troops m South Africa, ap-
pointed a commission to inquire into the causes which
have led to the failure of coffee cultivation in the
colony of Natal; to report whether, in the opinion of
the commissioners, those causes are such as to render
the cultivation of coflee commercially unremuhei-
ative, and if such is nut their opinion to make such
suggestions for the removal of the causes, or for the
amelioration of the conditions under which the
coffee-planting interest has hitherto failed of success,
as may, in their opinion lead to making coffee
cultivation an important factor in the agricultural
prosperity ol the colony.
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Rio dk Janeiro, May 4th, 18S1,
Coitsla-nos that the State Department at
Washington is contemplating the appoint-
ment of Mr. Volney B. Smith, formerly
constt! at St. Thomas, as consul-general at
this port. We have no positive information
as yet ot the formal appointment, but it is
highly probable that the new Secretary of
State, who has no professional retaining fees
to influence him, will soon make the desired
change. As yet no news has been received
here of the appointment of a successor to
Minister Milliard.
iod — one on the Paulista line, and two on
the North line, both in the province of Sao
Paulo. These dastardly attempts to kill
innocent employees and travelers because of
some grudge against railway companies can
not be punished too severely. In the two
instances where there is strong circumstan-
tial evidence as to the guilty parlies, the
police authorities refuse to take any steps
because two witnesses to the act can not be
produced. We need not say that all this
idle nonsense about two eye-witnesses is a
safeguard for criminals which is defeating
justice every day. Now that it has reached
such a stage that ruffians can deliberately
shoot at engine drivers and place obstruc-
tions on the rails in advance of passenger
trains, it is full time that this sentimental
twaddle about the sanctity of a criminal's
life and the necessity of having two eye-
witnesses to the crime, should cease. The
law-abiding part of the community also
have rights which the government is bound
to watch over and protect. Whether in
their homes or traveling they should be
protected from robbery and assassination by
every power of the law. An affairs have
reached a stage where six attempts at assas-'
sination by the wholesale in the two leading
provinces of the empire have occurred in one
month, it is full time that the department
of justice should wake up, and that some-
one's neck should be stretched.
The latest outcome, and certainly not
the most encouraging one, ol the present
labor agitation in this country is the decision
of several prominent planters of Siio Paulo
to send to the United States lor Chinese
laborers. These gentlemen persist in their
belief that no use can be made of the frecd-
men, hence they are determined to (ill their
places with the most servile class of free
laborers that can be found. They propose
to turn away the freedmen to become pau-
pers and vagrants in a country already over-
flowing with those classes, and they are
determined to retain a false and pernicious
social system which has already done incal-
culable harm to Brazil. The steamer which
sails for the United States to-day will take
Dr. Jos<5 Custodio Alves de Lima, a graduate
of Syracuse University, New York, who
empowered to contract for 3,00a Chinese
laborers for Paulista planters. This purpose
is to be deeply regretted, and were there any
certainty that Dr. Lima would be successful
in his mission, we should look upon it as
an event full of certain disaster in the future.
Industrious as the Chinese laborer is, he is
not suited to a country just freeing herself
from slavery. We can not wish Dr. Lima
success in his mission.
Within the past month three separate
attempts have been made to shoot engine
drivers on the railways of this province and
Sao Paulo. One attempt took place on
the English railway, not far from Silo
Paulo, a second occurred on the Sorocabana
railway, of Sfio Paulo, and the third occur-
red on the 28th tilt, on the Dom Pedro II
line between Maxambomba and Sapopamba.
In the -.first. two cases no one was injured,
but to the last case the driver received some
slight wounds in the head. In the first two
cases there is strong circumstantial evidence
as to the authors, as the attempts took
place in localities where animals had been
killed on the track. In addition to these
shooting affairs, three separate attempts to
wreck trains, by placing obstructions on the
track, have occurred within the same per-
At a meeting nf the Ypiranga monument
commission at Sao Paulo on the 1st instant,
Dr. Ernesto Mariano da Silva Ramos pre-
sented the following scheme for its consider-
ation. The main feature of the monument,
as it is still called, com mem orating the
independence of Brazil upon the very spot
where it was declared, is a great university
dedicated to the purposes of primary and
higher education. The scheme, however,
comprises several distinctive features which
the author presents in the following numer-
ical order : ist, The opening of an avenue
in a straight line from the city 6f Sao
Paulo to the plain of Ypiranga, 100 feet in
width, macadamized and bordered with
shade trees. 2nd, The creation of a great
garden or park, similar to the Jardim da
Acclamacao in this city, on the hill where
the commemorative stone now stands. This
garden or park shall have at its central
point a column, obelisk, or some other
work of art to commemorate the 7th of
September, 1822, which shall be of modest
proportions and erected by voluntary contri-
butions. 3rd, The four sides of the park
shall be composed of four streets, 53 }i
feet in width. Fronting the principal street
there shall be erected a grand edifice ot
suitable proportions for the future establish-
ment there of a great institution of primary
and higher education. 4th, The reservation
from the proceeds of the lotteries of not
less than one thousand contos as an en-
dowment fund, the income jfrom which
shall be devoted to the maintenance of the
institution. 5th, The solicitation from the
imperial or provincial' government of a gift
of the public lands adjacent to Ypiranga,
with authorization to rent or sell, as a part
of the monument's endowment fund. 6th,
The acquirement of a privilege for the
location and operation of a tramway line
along the main avenue between Silo Paulo
and Ypiranga, the net receipts of the line
to go to the endowment fund of the univ-
ersity. It is desired that the university shall
have a faculty fully empowered to confer
degrees, but in case the government will
not concede 'this privilege then it should
be constituted as a free university, its
graduates coming before the official faculties
to pass their formal examinations as now-
required. It is designed to make primary
instruction one of the principal objects of
the institution, as upon it depends primarily
the enlightenment of the people. This pri-
mary instruction should consist not merely
of the alphabet, primer, and four funda-
mental rules of arithmetic, but it should
require, above all things, the acquirement
of a. "knowledge of physics, chemistry,
natural histoiy,drawing, hygiene, physiology,
geography, meteorology, in short, of all
the sciences which constitute the art of
knowing how to live and to gather the great-
est amount of results from the world about
us. " This eminently patriotic scheme has
received the warmest commendations from
the people of Sao Paulo, and was very favor-
ably received by the commission.
After an absence of some months in
Europe Deputy Joaqtiim Nabuco now re-
turns to Brazil and resumes the work
upon which he entered with so much zeal
less than two years ago. As the leader of
the abolition movement in this country and
as the president of an anti-slavery society,
his movements have been invested with an
importance second to those of no other
Brazilian statesman of the day. The repre-
sentative of a new order of things, a new
system of labor, new industry and enterprise,
he could not fail to excite interest wherever
he went ; but as the representative of a
party pledged to the overthrow of slavery
he inevitably excited not only the interest
but the hearty encouragement and sym-
pathy of the most intelligent men with
whom he came in contact. The sentiment
is gaining impetus daily throughou t the civil-
ized world that the time has come for the
utter extinction of slavery, and furthermore
that as slavery is now confined to Turkey and
Brazil the time has come for the use of all
possible outside pressure to secure that result.
The enthusiastic reception of- Deputy Joa-
quiin Nabuco in Portugal, Spain, England and
Fiance means something more than admira-
tion for the man .and the orator ; it means
outspoken sympathy and support for the
principles which he represents, and sincere
encouragement for the struggle to ensue in
the near future. And still further, it means
that the intelligent sentiment of Europe ho
longer tolerates the existence of slavery in
Brazil, and that it stands ready to render
all needed aid and encouragement for its
utter extinction. It means that the civilized
world is no longer deceived by the half-
way measures adopted here for the eman-
cipation of the slaves, and that it demands
an honest, efficient effort for their early
liberation. These indications of the day
should not be lost upon the government, 1 nor
upon the pro-slavery party in whose hands
are now the destinies of the empire. If
Brazil is to retain th.e respect of the civilized
world — or rather, if she is to regain the
respect already lost, it must be through the
immediate abolition of slavery, without
onus either to the slave, or to the non-slave-
holder. There must be no more trifling
with a deceptive and misleading measure
for emancipation— an emancipation which
leaves to death the breaking of chains, and
to the free-born child of slaves the inheri-
tance of slavery, under another name, for
the best part of its life. There must be
no further enslavement of Indians on the
Amazon, no further sale of illegally- held
A'rtcans, no further sale of free-born chil-
dren into slavery, no turther sale of the
"services" of free-born children, and no
further torture with chain and lash even to
the extremity of death. There must be an
earnest, consistent effort on the part if the
government to wipe out this accursed dis-
grace, and to place itself in line with the
civilization of the day? This is now no
mere demand of a faction in Brazil ; it is
the demand of the civilized world. Deputy
Joaquim Nabuco is no longer the mouth-
piece ot Brazilian abolitionists, but of abo-
litionists everywhere. Hereafter he will
occupy another position than that of deputy,
and president of a Brazilian anti-slavery
society ; he will occupy a position which no
Brazilian constituency can confer. In seek-
ing the sympathy and aid of abolitionists
outside of Brazil, he has given the move-
ment and his connection with it an inter-
national character which can not now be
withdrawn. Heretofore he could have with-
drawn from the cause with but a slight loss
of local prestige, but to-day such an act is
impossible. He must now fight to the
bitter end, and in the struggle he will be
backed by the aid and sympathy o( Europe
and the United States. It is no longer a
handful of deputies and a local organiza-
tion with which the slaveholders of Brazil
have to contend, but with the wider and
better directed abolition sentiment of the
whole world.
EMANCIPATION IN CUBA.
[Response by Mr. J, V. Crawford, late British consul in Cuba,
to Deputy Joaquim Nabuco's speech, at the dinner given by
the British Ami-Slavery Society, March 33.}
Ill the eloquent speech of our honored guest,
Senhor Nabuco, allusion was made lo the island of
Cuba, and it may be interesting to you, perhaps,
to hear how the work of emancipation is going on
there.
The same gloomy prognostications, as those Se-
nhor Nabuco describes as prevalent in Brazil, were
uttered in Cuba whenever the dreaded question of
negro emancipation was mentioned.. It was pre-
dicted that Ihe abolition of slavery would prove the
ruin of the land, and that, without forced labor,
the prosperity of the country would vanish. But,
what do we see? Although the slave trade ceased
in 1866, and in spite of the decrease of one-third of
the slave population since 1876, the production of
Cuba is now as flourishing as ever it was, 580,000
tons of sugar alone having been exported last year,
whilst the sugar and tobacco crops now comiti" for-
ward are as large as ever.
The first emancipation act was passed by the
Cortes in 1870, and is similar to that of Brazil. Slave
children born after the dale of the battle of Alcolea,
September, 1868, were declared free, hut were subject
to their mother's master up to the age of twenty-
two.
This was replaced by a new emancipation act last
year, -'which though very incomplete and unsatisfac-
tory, is producing remarkable results. The mere
fact of the Cortes passing such a law has convinced
the slave-owners that the days of slavery in Cuba
are numbered, and as a natural consequence slave
property has greatly declined in value.
The rapid decrease in the slave population has
been brought about by several causes. First, the
reduced value (coupled with the panic of the slave
owners) has enabled many.of the slavss to redeem
themselves; then a large number have been volun-
tarily manumitted by their masters. Again, in view
of proximate freedom, many of the owners have in
measure forestalled, that act, by allowing their
negroes to shift for themselves, upon a monthly
payment of four dollars, which is a great boon in a
country where free labor is worth from twenty to
thirty dollars a ;month. Then again, through a
decree which obliges the owner to pay his slaves
their quota, within fifteen days after the end of the
each month, failing which the slaves are declared
free, entire gangs have been liberated.
The emancipation act of 1S80 provides for the
gradual abolition of slavery in Cuba by yearly draw-
ings to spread over several years. The first draw-
ing will take place in May, 1885, and it is thought
that if the emancipation of tile negroes continues as
it has done lately, there will be no necessity of
going beyond a third drawing, or in other words,
that in a much shorter period than that enacted by
the Cortes, total emancipation will be an accom-
plished fact in the island ol Cuba. This, however,
is much too flattering a view to take of it.
As an illustration that, under free labor, the pro-
duction of Cuba ha* nothing to feai in the iuture,
it may be mentioned that to-day a Chinese con-
tractor, with his sixty free men, .will lake off a Crop
as efficiently and with far more economy than a
planter could do with two hundred negroes under
the old hateful system of slavery, with the lash,
and all its attendant horrors.
These facts will encourage Senhor Nabuco in the
noble work in which he is engaged, and I heartily
join in the welcome you have given him, and in
wishing him complete success in his arduous under-
taking. »
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For Mr. Milliard's ministerial gown, there are
various applications. The place is tempting. Ri°
Janeiro is a beautiful city, full of delight, Sid the
Minister receives $12,000 a year. No man could till
the place with more grace than Mr. Hilliard. He
has given perfect satisfaction.— Washington cones-
pondenceoMftWit Constitution.
THE RIO NEWS.
LOCAL NOTES.
— During the month of February there were five j
deaths from yellow lever in the city of Havana,
Cuba,
— The first drawing of the great 6,ooo,oop$ lot-
tery of this city is announced for the 30th of
July.
— Another of the* commission to China, Com.
Arthur Silveirada Motto, relumed to this city on
the 1st insl,, by way of Europe.
— By an imperial decree of the 2nd inst. Dr.
Herculano Marcos Inglez tie Souza was appointed
president of tlie province of Sergipe,
— The imperial government has granted perniis-
to the Princess Imperial and Conded'Eu to remain
in Europe until the end of the present month.
— The minister of empire has authorized the
suspension of the special health regulations of this
port which have been in force since November
last.
— A letter from Santa, Isabel do Rio Prelo, Mi-
nds Geraes, to the Cntsehv .says that the coffee crop
there will not only be below the average in yield,
but that it will be of bad quality,
— The minister of agriculture has placed the
sum of 42,000$ in the treasury agency at London at
the disposal xif the Brazilian consul at Hamburg to
pay balances due on the passage of colonists to Brazil
under the contract of 1849.
— To fill the three senatorial* Vacancies from the
province of Ceara the Emperor has chosen irom the
three triplicate lists presented to him by the electors
of the province, Drs. Vicente Alvesde Paula Pessoa,
Liberato de Castro Carreira and Joao Ernesto Vi-
riatode Medeiros.
— The minister of foreign affairs has notified the
minister of just ice that information has been received
from the legation at Washington to the effect that
the trade-marl; treaty between Brazil and the
United States has not been questioned .by the fed-
eral courts, as reported.
— The minister of empire has notified the pres-
ident of Rio Grande do Sut that the government ap-
proves the extraordinary credit of 8,000$ opened by
the latter on his own responsibility to meet the ex-
penses incident to the departure and conveyance of
Senator Florencio de Allien to the province of Sao
Paulo, for which he had been appointed president.
— Mail advices Irom the province of Espirilo
Santo state that, after having examined the ports of
Itapimerim, Piuma, Benevente and Guarapary, Col.
W. Milnor Roberts returned to Victoria on the 251I1
ult. and sailed on the following day for S.,Mathsus
on his way to Caravellas. After examining the last
named port, Col. Roberts will return to this city
before going lo examine the ports of Rio Grande
tloSul. 1 i
— The government has issued instructions, under
date of the 17th ult., that no slave shall be classified
for liberation through the emancipation fund who
is a fugitive, or was a fugitive six months before
the meeting of the classification board. Also that
the masters of slaves shall report the flight or
capture of a slave within three months from the
time of such occurrence.
—The sailors' mission at tills port reports that
the month just closed was a very busy one, and
that a large number of vessels of all nationalities
was visited. Huskies the religious character of the
work the mission is doing much good in the dis-
tribution of books and papers, and in relieving
cases of distress. Our readers will not forget that
all donations of books and periodicals, and of cloth-
ing, can be used to very great advantage by the
mission.
— The long and unbroken silence of Mr. Resident-
director Kip Hopper has led many good people
in this part of the .world to believe that worthy
individual dead, or retired from business. Such,
however, is not the case. The circulation of a
report in American papers to the effect that the
Emperor is so much' in favor oi the Protestant
missionary cause as to offer to pay the passage ol
all missionaries who desire to come to Brazil, is
strong presumptive proof of John K.'s continued
vitality.
— We are pleased to announce that Mr. C. P.
Mackie has at last secured all the necessary author-
izations for the establishment of a telephone
exchange in this city, and is how pulling up lines
between the central office, No. 89 Una da Quitanda,
and the offices of, subscribers. The remarkable
success of telephone communication in the United
States and England leads to the conclusion that it
must also prove a great convenience here. The
system includes private wires from each subscriber's
office to the central office, at which place he can
be placed in communication with any other snbs-
" criber at pleasure. The system guarantees absolute
privacy between any two parties who are using the
wires, thus making it an invaluably agent for instan-
taneous business communication. ! The workings of
the system can now be seen at the company'
offices.
■ — It is believed that the chief of police is still
trying to find the escaped murderer Russinho.
-—The Emperor and Empress, accompanied by
their suite, returned from their trip through Minas
Geraes, on the evening of the 30th ult.
—The report that the Emperor is contemplating
a trip up the Amazon thence across the Andes to
the Pacific, is said to be without foundation.
—There is no abatement in the number of thefts
and burglaries. The daily criminal record is one
which should interest even the chief nf police.
— On the evening of the 3rd inst. &n assassina-
tion took place at No. 154, Rua da Saude, in which
n Paraguayan woman was the victim and Manool
do Na'scimento Castello ltranco was the victor. The
assassin was captured.
—Among the passengers arriving on the American
packet Co(m\i{ii> was . Mr. Richard Cutis Shannon,
vice-president and director of the Botanical Garden
Railroad. Mr. Shannon's visit home was an ex-
ceptionally pleasant one, the more so as it resulted
in so many and .such high commendations of his
administration of the company's affairs here.
— The French steamer La Frame, which cleared
at this port on the 29th ult. for the Mediterranean
with about 11,000 bags coffee, was unable to go to
sea on account of a derangement in her machinery.
Her cargo will be transferred to the I'oilou, ex-
pected on the" 5th inst., and the La France will be
repaired and sail at the end of the month.
— At a public exercise of Miss Leslie's private
school on the evening of the 29th ult., at which a
large number of the relatives and friends of the
pupils were present, a diploma was presented to
Miss Leslie by Sr. Octaviano Hudson as a rec
ognition of the excellent work accomplished
by her as a teacher. The diploma contained a
portrait of Quiutino Bocayuva and the silver medal'
presented to Sr. Hudson at the Exposicao Industrial
Flumincnse of 1878.
—Altera severe illness of some days duration,
M, Paul Dclnhtmtc, .senior, the representative of
the French railway company C/iemms tit Per Brhil-
tens, died on the morning of the 3rd. inst. By a
sad coincidence his son, oi the same name, had died
only two days before. These two gentlemen in
their short residence in Brazil had won a high posi-
tion in social and business circles, and their loss
will be universally regretted.
—Our readers will be pleased' to learn that Dr.
Jose 1'ercira Rego Filho has at last been made a
corresponding member of a few. European societies.
The diplomas all came in a batch, and are invoiced
as follows; Imperial e Real de Zoologia e Botanka
de Vienna, Imperial e Real de Seisneias Natnraes
da Moravia e Silesia e Austriaea Geralde Medici na
e Pharmacia. We intended to work (hem out and
discover how many there arc in the lot, but our
time forbids.
— An amateur dramatic performance was given at
Buenos Aires on the evening of the z'otli ult. in aid
of the British hospital at that city, in which many
ladies and gentlemen of the English and American
community took part. The Theatre Colon was
crowded to overflowing, and the performance pas-
sed off in a highly successful manner. It is to be
hoped that so successful an example as this will
not be lost upon our friends here, whenever there
shall be a call upon their charitable support and
sympathy.
i°F,
MONTHLY SUMMARY.
Meteorological observations taken at Braz, in the
city of S. Paulo, during the month of March,
I88l, by the
Cempanhia Cantareira e Esgolos.
Lat. 23° 32 58" S.
Long. 46" 36' 46" W. (Greenwich.)
Height of barometer: 2,393 ft. above menu sea level,
Do ot rain gauge: a. 378.5 ft do do.
Mean pressure at 9 a.m. 27.063 inches; nt 9 p,m. 37.65a inches
Mean pressure corrected and reduced 103a 3 Falir. at mean sef
level at 9 a m, 29.979 inches: at 9 p.m. 29.966 inches.
Mean tump..of air at 9a.m. 68.4": atgri.m, 66 4" Fnhr,
Mean of max, tern, in shade, 80.1"; do mm. in shade iii.
Mean temperature of Grass minimum therm, 57 3" Falir.
Highest reading of max. of therm, in shade (island 4th) 88.9*
Lowest reading of ruin, of therm, in shade (1st), 55,1".
lowest reading of Grass minimum therm, (26(h), 49.8° F, _
Mean elastic force of vapor at 9 a.m. , .693 in.; at 9 p.m., .600 ir
Total rainfall for the month, 7.94 inches.
Maximum fall of rain in one day (21st), 1 .49 inches.
Roin'fell on 18' days.
Thunder and light nine on the .1st, 4th, 6th and 19th.
Thunder heard, but lightning not seen, on the and.
Fog on the mornings ot 9 days, and evening* of 2 days.
Dew oh the mornings of 5 and on the ev suing* of 6 days.
Lunar corona observed on the evenings of 13th and i;t!i.
Lunar rainbow observed at 7:20 on the eveningofthe 16th.
Henry II. Joyner,
A.M.I. C.K„F.R.tt.S. & K.M.5.
Engineer in chief.
Commercial
Par value of the Brazilian mil
do
do
May 4th, 1B81
1), gold 27 d.
do ■ 00 in U. S.
at $484 per £1. «g. 54 45 cents.
(U. 5. coin} in Brazilian gold. 1 J837
of £1. stg. in Brazilian gold.
8^689
Hank rale of exchange on London to-day 20-K d
Present value of theBrazilian mil rcis (paper) 769 rs. gol
do ■ do do in U : S.
coin at ?4 Bo per £.. Mg. ■ 41.501:1*
Value ofl$i.oo($4.Bo per£-i stg.Jin Brazikan
currency (paper) '2^410
Value of £1 sterling ,. „ n$5<*
EXCHANGE.
April 13,— The banks affixed no rates to-day and the market
was inactive as usual on the closing day of the mail. Some
small transactions are reported at 21)4 bank and 31% pri-
vate on London, and at 446 bank and 441— 442 private on
France. Sovereigns sold at 11 $400 cash.
April 25, — The banks adopted la-day the following rates: Lon-
don aij^, Paris 449, Hamburg 557, New Yorka^o, Por-
tugal 256 and 253 %. Private paper was negotiated at 21 y t
— 2i?t on London and nt 442 on France. Sovereigns sold
nt 11 $450 and ( t $440 cash.
April 96. — The market opened to-day more active at yester-
day's rates which were, however, withdrawn after 1 p m
The Banco Commercial then affixed the rates of 21 on Lon-
don, 451 oh Paris and 354 % on Portugal. Private paper
was passed in the morning at 2t % and in the afternoon .11
, aiji on London nnd443— 447 on France. A large business
was done in sovereigns at ij$4&o to ii$ssocash.
April 27. —The rate of aid. on London became general to-
day alter having yesterday been adopted by the banco Com-
mercial. The other rates of the banks were as follows: Paris
451 and 451, Hamburg 560 and 561, New Yorka$38o, Por-
tugal 258 and 254. A fair amount ot business was done in
private paper at 21^—21 3/16 oil London and 445 011
France. Sovereigns sold at 11 $540 cash, 11^520 for May
12, n$5iofor May 30, and 1141550 for May 31.
April 28 — The market 10-day was firm but not active and the
me as yesterday. Private paper
11 Ji on London and at 553011
at 11 $530, n$s«o, nfcooand
alteration <
of the banks w
was negotiated at 21 yifi —
Hamburg. Sovereigns sold
n$49o, all cash.
April 29.— The banks niade no alteration in their
there was but a limited business in private pape; at = t 3/16
— 21 Jf on London and at 445— 449 on France, Sovereigns
sold an 1^480 cash and 1 1^490 for May 15th.
April 30.— The banks opened at the rates ot yesterday but
withdrew them later in the day. In the. afternoon some
transaciions took place at 20JS on London. Private pajwr
on London was passed in the morning at.atj^ and 21, and
011 France at 448—449. Sovereigns sold at ii$5JO and
ti$58ocash.
May 2.— The Banco Commercial adopted to-day the rates tf
sof| on London, 454 on Paris and 255% on Portugal
whereas the other banks remained without rales, Small
transactions in private paper on London at 21 and 20^,
Sovereigns sold at 11$ 5 30 cash.
May 3 —The Banco Commercial withdrew ils rate of aojfi on
London and only drew on Paris at 455 and on Portugal at
256 %. The other banks did not affix rales but one of
them did small transactions at 20% 011 London and at 454 on
France, In the afternoon bank paper was drawn at jo y t oil
London. Fair transactions in private paper at 20 13/16 «
1.716 on London and 111452 oil France. Sovereigns sold ai
MJJ1530 and u$57ocash.
—•The Brazilian Submarine Telegraph Company has declared
an interim dividend viy 61/per share.
—The Montevideau and Brazilian Telegraph Company has
declared a dividend of 31 per share out of its percentage of ilie
gross earnings of the Brazilian and Western Company, am-
ounting tu ,£3,256. The debenture debt of the company
now stands at £ 13,880,
"*"~At a geniral meeting ot the share-holders of the Corn-
pan hi a Can tureira e Esgotos, of S. Panln, oil the 24th ult,, it
was resolved to raise n loan of 1,200,000$ in I.onduu for the
prosecution of the water and drainage works; to pay the hist
dividend and nil future dividends, until there shall he a
revenue, in shares of the company; and to suspend the issue or
shares except those needed fur dividends, indemnifications, and
disappropriations.
— The, April returns of the custom-house at this port show
the lu-.al receipt', 10 be 3,265, 193^613 as follows :
Imports 2,6/4,434 108
Uespncho mari'.imo . H.7gs 174
Exports 636,682 in
Interior taies 3, 033 300
Other sources 2,248 840
3,265,193 623
Deposits.. 20,642 179
Restitutions 29,574 461
Internal revenue receipt 1 907,359 9113
SALES OF STOCKS AND SHAKOS.
39 Six per cent apolices (37 outs, sale u. 1,055 °*>
1,500$ do small amounts 1,050 dm
4 Provincial apolices of 20.1$ aoo 000
20,000$ do go '/J
10 Banco do Brazil 281 000
too Banco Predial hypoth, notes 80 %
April 23.
72 Six per cents apolices (70 outs, sale) 1,055000
40 Banco do Commercio m8 000
35 Banco Industrial 332 000
40 do 233 000
100 Seguros Intcgridade 64 000
45 do Previdente (outside sale/ 12 000
5a Petropolis R. It - n° °°°
29 do (outs, sale) 224 000
8, Docas D. Pedro It 70000
25 Qiiissania debentures 202 000
70 do (outside sale) 203 coo
g Macahe e Campos debentures 79 "lo
50 Carangola R. R. debeat 2c 8 coo
170 Banco Predial hypoth. notes without int... 76 %
200 S.Paulo tramway.-'- 120000
205 NavegacSo Brarileira (outs, sale) ion ota
April 25,
77 Six per cent apolices (35 outs, sale) 1,053000
ai Banco do Brazil 281 000
4^ do 282000
100 do Industrial {outs, sale) 233 °°o
200 Navcgacao Nacional 200 000
2uj NavegacSo BraKileira, for May 5th 200 000
20J do tor May 8th 202 009
100 Leopoldina R, R, debentures 211 ono
38 Sorocabana R. R. debentures (outs, sale) 67%
35 Quissama obligations ?o;5 000
100 Banco Predial, hyp. note* with int 8^ •/,
ISo do without interest. 76 •'/,
98 Six per cent apalicesfigout. sale) 1,055 *»
8,100$ do small am. ($5=ooo.s.) r.oso 000
I2,(jr«:f Provincial apolices (outs. sale) 96 %
20 Banco do Braiil 2 & 7 - oo;r
So Carris Villa Isabel ,89 poo
121 | ^ 19000a
50 Carris Urbanos a- , t QOO
4°° do for May 31, (out, sale).. 240000
'5° do for April 30th do .. 241000
5° do do do . . 242 oco
90 Banco Rural . H;o qq^
165 Petropolis R. R ...'.,.. 232000
50 Minas de Cacapava, series IJ 20 000
100 lianco Predial hypoth. n 80 °/ u
100 Nnvugacao Brawleira (out, s.) 200000
86 Six per cent apolices (oulside sale) 1,055 000
100 National Loan of 1879 j lo n,
30 National Loan iSfiB...,, ..,;... 1,190 coo
doo$ Sixpcr cent apolicesof small amounts^... 1,050000
100 Carris Urbanos ; ,,".., 2+2 00 .-,
70 do , 243000
100 . do (outside sale} 24.1 o»o
200 Carris dc Pemamblico i^o 000
?5 Carris Villa Isabel ■ "'tpi 606
~7 ilo (outs, sata) 190000
■t 3 do do , 1 90. ■ 500
50 Petropolis R. R 333 000
'5o do 234000
=6 do (outs, sale) 235 000
5 Navegacio Brazileim 199 coo
ao do (outs, sale) 500000
50 Minas de Cacapava, serie B 20000
58 Banco Predial hypoth, notes (without int ) 76 '.'.V,
April 28.
too Carris Urbanos for May 15 2*; bos
34 Carru«e,ens Flnminenses, for Mays :;.i on.i
60 Kavega(:"<o Br-.i/ildiM, f.>r bst day of lians. 205 >™>n
125 do (outs. sale)... 2o.( 000
100 Carris S. Paulo tto ui> 000
30 Leopoldina R R. debentures...., 211 quo.
212 Banco Preilinl liyp. notes with iniereM.. 80 »/^
80- do do do (without int).. j(S ■■/..
April 29.
37 Six per cent apolices 1,05s 000
i, 200$ Provincial apolices of 200$ (out*, sde).. j->'/ : %
50 Carris S. ChnslovJo ifo i.oo
385 do 365 ,,0:1
114 Cnnis UiiianoT. ^c, 000
100 do for May 31 250000
140 Carris S, Paulo 120 000
50 Seguros Intcgridade (outs, sale). ..' 62 000
too Brazil Industrial do 70 000
54 Sorocabana debentures (of 100$ out, s.) . ! 67^ °/,
100 Petropolis R.K. (out. sale) 240 000
10 Six per cent apolices , , 1,035 000
300 Carris Urbanos 250 000
154 Leopoldina R,R 300 000
112 NavegacSo Braiileira (too outside sale).. no 000
as do .1 208 000
50 Seguros Integridade fia oto
50 do (outs, s.) 63 000
500 CnrrisdeS. Paulo do ■ tao ouo
10 Six percent apolices l r °57 ono
5 do 1.055 °°"
o,iioo$ Provincial apolices of 200$ ■ oSJ/ %
50 Seguros Allinnca 26 000
6 National Loan 1879 111 "/„
50 do 110K «/„
30 National Loan of 1879 (outs, sale) no ; /„
MARKET REPORT.
Rio <it Imitlro, May 4th, 1881.
Caffte.—Ow last report was on the 33rd ultima. Since
then dealers have reduced their prices about 100 reis per 1 10
kilos, and the sterling cost is further reduced about 2% per cent,
through the decline in exchange. The market, however, has
remained quiet in view of the unfavorable advices from Europe
and the United States, and only a limited amount of business
has been dune.
The sales since the 23rd ultimo have been 94,890 bags aid
the total sales for the month since the 4O1 ultimo amount 10
273, 440 bags, the greater portion of which is for Europe,
Railroad communication wns restored oh the 24th ult. and
the receipts from that date 10 ilie end of the month have aver-
aged 16,289 °»E S P* r t'ay-
The daily average for the mouth of April lias been :
10,339 bgs
against 5,386 in April 18B0
9,701 „ 1H79
3,054 „ i3 7 «
7,J2» ,, 187?
and the total receipts for the 10 months since the 1st July am-
ount to 3,893,716 bags
against 2,736,990 hags in same period of 1870-80
3.»3».5=7 •■ •• 1878-79
3,366,350 ., „ 1877.78
2,408,457 „ „ 1876-77
The clearances since the 23rd ult. have been :
United SMtts:
bags,
Aptil 22 Baltimore Am bk Gny Eaglt 7,615
15 New Vork, Br str Memiroii 21.237
25 do Grbk Molly 5.040
28 do Br bk Ocean Btanty ?,to(i
Em-ope:
April 23 South' 11, Antwerp, V.v str Mm/to 3,85°
33 London, Antwerp, ■ ,, Tycho Brake 1,0,323
23 Marseilles, Br lug Reindeer, 6,000
29 Hamburg, T.r sir Buenos A yes 12,856
30 Bordeaux, Fr sir S/u/gnl 14.;'"
May 2 Havre, Cr str Sully
April.22 River Plate. Br MrCnadJana 4.048
23 Cape of Good Hope, Br lug ynnr Rcnnie. , 4,000
vo Valparaiso, Brstr Valparaiso 74B
The total clearances in April have been :
for United Stales nH,545 bags, against if^^sin Apr. 1S80
,, Europe 168,736 ., 80,140 ,.
„ C, offJood H T3,otr „ 11,540
„ River Plate and
WcstCoast 5-?4& „ ' 6,763
total 304,538 266,415
and the total clearance* during the 10 months since the tM
July havebewi ;
k : l
-.',.-. L1 _, -. v...,..-;v.:,.'\...^^:i.Nh.';..j..v h ;.i'! ; v .,,:■<;.-■■ ?■ <■ ■-.
I I
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THE RIO NEWS.
i
%
bags ''"S*
1,873,160 for United S. against 1,770,832 in same per. of 1879-80
1,532,230,, Europe » 861,416" „ „
86,303,. C. ofG.H. „ 58,797 » "
■ 43,383,, R-P.&WC „ n,™>
^s75^6ba B s ,. 2,708,246
showing an increase ol 826,830 bagso\ cr the clearances in the
same period of last crop year ( viz:
102,328 bags increase w United States
670,814 „ „ Europe
27,506 „ ,1 Cnpc of Good Hope
26,182 11 ,. Elsewhere
826,830 bags.
We quote, per 10 kilos :
Washed , Nominal
Superior s$ioo-s|3oo
Good first.......... 4 7°o — 4$75o
Regular first 4 n<x> — 4T45"
Ordinary first 3 750 - 3J9S°
Goodsecond 3 °5°— 3f3°°
Ordinary second — a 600 — a?goo
and/on thisbasis cargoes may be quoted:
p 10 kilos per cwt per lb.
Prime United States 5,300 53/3 "'57 «s.
Good 1, .4,750 48/5 10,51 „
Fair to good „ 4> 0o ° 47/' ,0i92 »
Fair „ 4,450 45/9 9-93 »
GoodChannel 4.050 \m, 9M • >
Fair „ 3,8°° 39>" 8 ' f '4 »
Low „ 3.ioo 33/9 7-*> >.
({. o. b, ex freight and commission, exchange so% in ster-
ling andat par in American gold.)
Stock is estimated to-day at 260,000 bags.
DESTINATION
Umieo States.
New York
Baltimore
Ham pi on Roads f. a
Richmond
Charlesnm
Savannah.
Mobile
New Orleans
Galveston ,
hi. Thomas f.o.
Tout
ElKOIC.
Channel I-
Havre
Antwerp
North' of Europe & Ba1ti<
Liverpool, London & Sout'pton
Bordeaux
Lisbon t. a
Portugal
Mediterranean
Total
El'.SIIWHRRK
Cape of Good Hope
River Plate & West Const.
Total
United States.
Elsewhere
124 456
3-995
»77 4'7
Bags.
."1,387
386.659
31-365
3.600
19 .532
258.972
173.760
27-43°
999-855
469.817
40.590
23.312
159 165
133.049
127-36*
6.261
183 38*
earftneus of coffee from Rio during the 4
from January 1st to April 30th.
Galtego
Haxall
Dunlop
O'Dance
McCance
Baltimore
St. Louis
Chili
River Plate
Market steady.
Pitch Piite.-tb.eTti have
UNITED StAI
NewYork
Baltimore
Hampton Roads f.'o
Richmond
Charleston
Savannah
Mobile
New Orleans
Galveston
St. Thomas f. o....
Total
Bags.
Liverpool, London & South'
Bordeaux
Lisbon!, o
Portugal
Mediterranean
Total
',. El.SllWHERK
Cape of Good Hope
River Plate & West Cm
United States
Elsewhere...
Itags.
3 l8 .953
13M75
Bags.
386,141
117,84a
9,!>7i
5,5"
7,045
70,439
=83,278
100,183
37.004
Total. «,243.7 al
4*,9 , 5
44-649
'-'4.954
70,987
508,635
387,881
34.4SO
J4.57"
"3,471
59,764
been no arrivals since our last report
to market continues firm with a good demand at 4o$ooo
The arrivals In April were 913,543 tcet, and the total arrivals
duringthe 4 months since January 1st amount 103,680,955 f'-
White Pint.— t^t arrivals consist of 171,668 teet per
Grace Andrews from New Vork.
The market has become quiet and we cannot quote over no
rcispcr foot.
The arrivals in April were 369,041 feet, and the totalarrivals
during the 4 months since January 1st amount to 1,388,200
feet,
Spruce Pine.— "Ha arrivals and good demand. A good
cargo would probably obtain 35$oo6— 36$ocoper dozen.
Total arrivals from January 1st to April 30^289,946 feet.
Swedish Pine.— No arrivals, The market continues firm.
Last sale at 38^000 per dozen.
Total arrivals from January 1st to April 30th i,373dozen,
Larti.--the arrivals consist of
1,300 kegs per Chowan from Baltimore
1,850 ,, Alice ,, do
100 kegs and 3ocasesper Colorado from New York. '
The market continues firm and prices have advanced to
470—480 reis per lb. George
460—470 „ „ „ Jenkins
450—460 „ „ „ New York
Arrivals in April 7,000 kegs and 50 cases.
Total arrivals from January ist to April 30th 26,230 kegsand
Ktrvseue.-'-tYvt arrivals consist of 7,050 cases per Grace
Andrews from New York, and the market continues fiat at
7$oo— ;$2oo per case for Devoe's Brilliant,
Arrivals in April 36,396 cases.
Total arrivals from January 1st to April 30th 81,091 cases.
Rosin,— Continues quiet at 7^500— 8$ooo per banel .
Arrivals 250 barrels per Grace Andrews from New York.
Arrivals in April 1,350 barrels.
Total arrivals from January 1st to April 30th 3,495 barrels.
'I 'urpeutine.— Remains firm at 580—600 reis per kilo.
Arrivals 165 cases per Grace Andrews from New York.
Arrivals in April 615 cases.
Total arrivals from January tsl toApril3oth 1,480 cases.
Deer.— Quotations ;
Bass (Ihlers k Bell) 7$6oo-7$7°o
Tennent S *»---5 4°°
Guineas' Stout 7 200—7 3°°
American 5 000—5 5°o
German sundry brands 5 000—7 oac ' '■
Cement.— There is no alteration in the market. We quote:
English 6$ooo... 7 $5oo
German 6 000—6 800
Boulogne 7 500—8 000
Cotlfish.— There have been no arrivals and retail prices are
unchanged at i8$ooo— ao$ooo for cases and 22$coo— is$°oa
tor tubs.
Arrivals 111 April 6,iB3 tubs Canadian and 1,835 cases Nor w-
Total arrival from January isi to April 30th 17,362 tubs
Canadian and 7,944 cases Norwegian.
Hay.— The arrivals consist of 50 bales per Albert from B
We quote 80 reis per kilo. >\
Bran.— Remains firm at 2$aoo— z$3oo per bag. *
The arrivals consist of the cargo per Pinheiro from Siin
Nicolas, and 100 bags per Albert from Buenos Ayres.
Coals.— Since our last report the following cargoes have ar-
.■cd:
555 tons per Diaua from New Castle
,701 „ /IniiHiifmmGreenock
572 ,, Regia from Cardiff
105 „ Baron A bcrdare from Glasgow
1,697 „ A tmosphere from Cardiff
i,6oi „ Virginia from Liverpool.
The total arrivals in April have been :
15,755 tons from Cardiff
3,848 „ Greenock
1,781 „ Liverpool
1,209 » New Castle
1,190 „ Newport
155 ,, Glasgow
Sugar.— la coming in very slowly and meets a ready sale at
|o reis per kilo.
Freights.— i^d and 10 % for cotton and 20/ and 10 °/ for
sugar. Cargo is getting scarce.
Exchange.— 2i}4— v*H ood/s.
—On the 20th ult. there we
loading jerked beef for Brazil.
83,400 quintals.
e 19 vessels in River Plate ports
Their aggregate cargoes were
Shipping News.
ARRIVALS OF FOREIGN STEAMERS.
Duncan; 43 ds; flour
629 tons; Parker; 49
38,834
3,549
65,969
6io,sSi
493J69
3'. 497
Finer
-The
arrivals since our
ast report have been:
1,080.
barrel*
per. Chowan '
from Baltimore
iMt
,
Alice
„ do
4.441
At. 7. Foley
„ do
5,070
A . y. Bonne
' „ do
Aabine
,, Richmond
4,°o
Ellen Holt
do
3. 3fa
Brasileira
do
3,600
,
Colorado
„ New Vork
22,938 ions, against 8,478 tons
Holders of cargocm
1 April iSEo.
5$ooo- 3 o|oc
, per ton,
28,18s barrels.
The totalarrivals for the month since the 4th ult. reach I
h)rg« total of 65,776 barrels, all American.
The sales sincethe same dateamountto 23,857 barrels.
Stock in first hands to-day consist of 54,719 barrels, viz
8,254 barrel* Gallego
4, 600 „ Haxall
4,000 „ Dunlop
5,535 ., OTtance
26,000 „ Baltimore
6,370 ,. St. Louis
Total 54,719 barrels.
PORT OF SANTOS.
April 23rd, 1881
Coffee.— During the week ending to-day the market has
been very quiet, the total sales amounting to 13,290 bags
the basis of 4 $400— 4$ 500 per 10 kilos for superiors.
Receipts since the 1st instant average 3,305 per day and
stock is estimated to-day at 1 39,000 bags.
The shipments have been : bags
April 17 Grstr Bahia, Hamburg 5,918
2t Big sir Tycho Brahe, Antwerp, London.... 10,013
21 lit str Minho, Southampton, Antwerp 5,177
23 Norbk N/on/, New "York 7,634
April y>th, 1881.
Coffee— The business done during this week has been fair,
the sales amounting to 37,670 bags, of which 11,000 were for
theUnited States and the remainder for Europe. These sates
have been on the basis of 4^400 per 10 kilos for superiors.
Receipts during this; month have averaged 3,090 bags per
day and stock is estimated to-day at 1 29,000 bags.
The shipments have been: bags
April 37 Grstr Buenos Ayres; Hamburg 10,774
bk Bayadere, Gibraltar f.
ARRIVALS OF FOREIGN VESSELS.
tons; Lindholm; 42 ds; salt and
Montevideo— Sp bg Francisco; 224 tons: Ferris; 12 ds;
jerked beef to J. Komaguera.
APRIL 34.
Havre— Fr bk Payta; 689 tons; Maces; 37 ds; salt to Fioiita
& Tavolara.
BALTIMORH.-Ambg Chowan; 217 tons; Clement: 47ds; flour
and lard to W. Ritchie & Co.
N. Castle— Gr lug Diana; 370 tons; Heyscken; 60 ds; coal
A. Wagner.
Salt Island— Port bk Miramdr, 346 tons; Cardia; 30 ds;
salt to M dc Oliveira & Co.
APRIL 25.
N. York— Am tug Grace Andrews; 568 tons; Andrews; 45
ds; sundries to F. Ctemente & Co.
APRIL 27,
Richmond— Nor be Aabine, 35B tons; Blix; 43 ds; Hour to
Phipps Bros. & Co.
Baltimore— Am bgAlice; 311 tons; North; 43 ds; flourand
lard to Wright &<Jo.
Paysandu— Argbg Octavio; 17810ns; Sampaio; 25 ds; jerked
beef to Souza Irmao & Rocha,
APRIL aB.
Greknock— Br shp Asiana; 1,192 tons; Williams; 51 ds; coal
to Gas Company.
B. Avres— Gr schr Albert; $Blous\ Moller; 20 ds; sundries to
Berla Cotrim & Co.
APRIL 19,
Marseilles— Gr bg Mette, 386 tons; Warns; 60 ds; sundries
to Ilerla Cotrim & Co.
48 ds; coal to W.
Baltimohe— Brbk M. J. Foley; 479 tons; McDougall; 50
ds; Hour to order.
APRIL 30.
Richmond— Br lug Ellen Holt; 309 to
to F. Clemente & Co.
Glasgow — Br shp Baron Abetdart,
ds; pipes to J. G. lllius.
N. Pour— Br bk Ensign; 431 tons: Haslett: 48 ds; pipes to J.
G. lllius.
Bi
Ostend— Nor bk Palander, 467 tons; Paton; 63 ds;. rails to
Dom Pedro II railroad.
Caediff —Br slip Atmosphere. 1,378 tons; Johansen: 48 ds;
coal to Wilson Sons & Co.
Oi'orto— Port bk Cintra; 358 tons; Barra; 43 d*; sundries to J.
Miranda 1-cone & Co.
ma y 1.
Richmond— Gr bk Braeileira; 305 tons; Meinhardt: 48 ds;
llourto F. Clemente & Co.
Genoa— \i\agZir Atttenio; 30110ns; Badano; 67 ds; sundries
to E. Cresta & Co.
Baltimore— Am lug Adda J. Bonner; 488 tons; Bonner; 76
ds; sundries to Phipps Bros. & Co.
LivKKrooL-— Am shp Virginia; 1,095 tons; Delano; 59 ds; coal
Santos— Fr bg Joseph-; 170 tons; Chavaux; 3 ds; ballast; to
MAY t.
S. Nicolas— Port bg Pinheirtr. 193 tons; Goncalves; 13 ds;
bran to A. Wagner.
DEPARTURES OF FOREIGN VESSELS.
APRIL 22.
Gasps— Br bg Dawn; 156 tons: Orsato; ballast.
Lisbon f o.— Br lug Scotia; 174 tons; McFarlane; coffee.
APRIL 23.
Port Elizabeth — Br lug Jane Rennie, 197 tons; Hampton;
Port Royal— Br bk Lady Gertrude; 499 tons; Braddon: b't.
Baltimore— Am bk Grey Eagle; 44s tons; Lucas; coffee.
APRIL 34.
Marseilles— Br schr Reindeer; 388 tons; Campbell; coffee,
Santos— It bk Francesco; 385 tons; Catanzano; salt,
APRIL 36.
Pondiciierry — Frbk Rose C; 41910ns; Guiraud; ballast.
APRIL 37.
Gaspe— Br bg Reaper; 139 tons; Syvrel; ballast.
N. York— Grbk Molly; 29410ns; Weitts; coffee.
APRIL 28.
N. Youk— Ambk CVHrAv, 47010ns; Wiclterson; ballast,
Pa ran ac, 1: a— Sp bg Betzabf, 137 tons; Reos; ballast.
APRIL 30.
LiSUON f ' o . —Big bg Merxem; 207 tons; Lome; coffee.
Bahia- Am lug Franc Lambirth; 48910(15; Gray; ballast.
Memnon, Br
TvchoBrahe, Big
Minho, Br
PataRonia, I
Hipparchus,
Senegal. Fr
Buenos Ayres, Gr
Valparaiso, Br
Ville dc Bahia,Fr
La Franc*, Fr
Colorado, Am
Teniers, Big
Santos, Gr
Sully, Fr
Tagus, Br
WHERE FROM
Liverpool* 300"
River Plate* 10
River Plate* 7 }4
Valparaiso* i8d
River Plate4#d
Bahia, 3
Santos adh
Liverpool*, 33d
Havre 1 i6d
Marseilles™
New York* 24
River Plate 5 %
Hamburg 24 d
Santos, id
South'ton'aiji"
RP
CONSIGNED TO
Norton M'w & C
Norton M'w & C
Royal Mail
Sons&C
M'w&C
Messagcries Mar.
Ed. Johnston &C
Wilson, Sons &C
LeubaSCo
Norton M'w &C
Ed. Johnston &C
A. Leuba & Co
Royal Mail
DEPARTURES OF FOREIGN STEAMERS
DATE
NAME
™„
CARGO
April 21
„ »3
» 24
11 >5
.. 26
„ 26
1, 30
„ 3°
., 3°
May 1
Guadiana, Br
Tycho Brahe, Big
Minho, Br
Patagonia, Br
Memnon, Br
Hipparchus, Big
Buenos Ayres, Gr
Teniers, Blg_
Valparaiso, Br
Senegal, Fr
Santos, Gr
River Plate
London*
South' pton*
Liverpool*
New York
Havre
Hamburg*
Southampton*
Valparaiso*
Bordeaux*
Santos
Sundries
Cnnee
Sundries
Sundries
Coffee .
Sundries
Coffee
Sundries
Sundries
Coffee
Sundries
FOREIGN SAILING VESSELS IN THE PORT O*
RIO DE JANEIRO, MA V 2, 1881.
3,300
Snlly; Havre 2,600
Expected to load :
Gr sir Denderah, Havre, Hamburg
„ Gro/Bismath, Antw., Bremen
„ Santos, Hamburg '
llr str Tagus, South'n, Havre,
PORT OF MARANHAO,
April 23rrf, i88t.
»,— Entries are now on a small scale. We quote 480
■is per 10 kilos.
MA V 1.
N. Yosk— Br bk Ocean Beauty; 587 _
Am bk Carib; 399 tons; Russell: ballast.
Bahia— Br bg Zeno; 390 i<
Thompson; coftee.
St.
;; Roberts; ballast.
—During the month of March there were 33 shipping ar-
rivals at Para, and 32 departures. Twelve arrival* and 10
departures were steamers .
—The Dutch bg. Merxem, which left thin port on the 19th
ult. with n cargo of coffee for Lisbon, returned on the 25th on
account of the sickness of the captain. She sailed again on the
30th tilt.
.—The Fr. str. Equatenr, bringing anew shaft for the Fr.
str. Si'm'gal, arrived at Bahia on the sind ultimo and pro-
ceded thence to the River Plate. The Se'n/gnl, having com-
pleted Iter repairs, left Bahia on the 25th ult. fur this port
where she arrived on the aSlh. She here finished her out-
ward voyage and returned to Europe on the 1st instant.
AMERICAN
lug A. Berwtnd
ihp Laurens
bg Aquidneck ..
lug Spotless
bk Templar —
bk Serene ......
shp Galatea
bg Chowan ..■■■
bug Grace Ands
lug Alice
lug Adda J. Bon.
shp Virginia
ARGENTINE
bg Octavio
nRiTiSK
bk Albion
bk Ardenlea....
shpW.H.Corsar
bk Forest Groy-
bg H. S Olive,
shp Castle Roy.
bk Compadre .
bk Northern Star
shp Gateacre
shp Astracana
bk Stimmerlee
bk Unison —
bk MagnaCharta
shp County of A'
bk Skerryvore . .
bk George Gilroy
bk Margarita. . .
bk Essex
bkZockett
bk Temple Bar,
shp Viola
bk H'umber . .
bk Col. Adams
bk Amicus
bgOlga
bk Western Belle
shp Asiana.
bk Regia .
bk M. J. Foley
lug Ellen Holt ..
shp Baron Aber'
bk Ensign
bk Longfellow ..
shp Atmosphere.
DANISH
bk Fredericia ..
DUTCH
schrGruno
FRENCH
bkBwthe
bk Traitd'Uruon
bk Sourabaya
bk Payta ...
bg Joseph . . .
GERMAN
bk Germania. ...
schHeinrich
bg Mela
lug Diana
schr Albert......
bg Mette
bk Braziteira
ITALIAN
lug Zio Antonio
NORWEGIAN
bklmacos
bg Aabine
bk Palander
RUSSIAN
bk Rapide
SWEDISH.
bk Svalen... ...
bk Harmonia...
bk Alma.......
bg Sylphide
CONSIGNER
Liverpool . .
Antwerp. . .
Hamburg..
Havre, .=..
Bordeaux . .
Mancillek. .
New York.
■55/
. fr. 50
Channel f. o...
Gibraltar to..
U. S North....
lto South..
50<— 557
SO/-35/
33/6—30/
April;
Pensacola.
Hamburg,
Wilmin' ton
Baltimore..
do
do
New York
Baltimore.
New York
Baltimore. .
Bah i mo re. .
Liverpool. .
Paysandu . .
Savannah.
Greenock..
Cardiff....
Cardill ....
Wilmin' tor
London. . . .
Liverpool. .
Haiti mo re. .
Melbourne ,
Greenock..
Antwerp . .
Cardiff
Cardiff ....
New York
Cardiff...
Cardiff...
Cardiff...
Liverpool.
Glasgow. .
Cardirl . . .
Newport .
Cardiff...
Pensacola.
New York
RosarioSFe"
Greenock.
Cardiff . . .
Baltimore..
Richmond
Glasgow. .
Newport .
Newport .
Cardiff...
Cardiff...
Toulon.. .
Cardiff . . .
Havre
Santos ...
Mar" 9
,, 24
Aprili6
May
May
1 '30
April
... 9 7
SPANISH
bg Tiiumfo
imk Oaria ....
snik Guadelupe
bg Almirande
i'j| Conchita. .
jg PupUla —
bg Maria Angela
smk San Mariano
bgjaimito.
bg ludio . .
bg Chile...
bk Adela
Eol J-ivenRozaluj
g Nueva Vict'f
bg Kecurso II.
be Beli/ario . . .
bg Francisco...
PORTUGUESE
shp Maiianna .
bkAfrica
vt Camponez...
bg Destino
lug Barcado Lag
bk Formosa
bk Miramar
bk Cintra .,
bg Pinheko
To order.
In distress
__. C. Nathan & Co
Wright & Co.
Wright & Co.
Phipps Bros & Co.
CMcCulloch B.&C
Watson Ritchie &C
F. Clemente & Co
Wright & Co.
Phipps Bros. & Ca
Rio Gas Co.
Souza Ir'oS Rocha
Rio Gas Co.
D. Pedro II RR.
II Wright & Castro
McC. Beechcr & Co
In distress.
Rio Gas Co. '
Watson Ritchie &C
L. Laureys
In distress
Norton Mcgaw&C
Monteiro H. & Co.
D, Pedro II RR.
Wilson, Sons & Co.
Wilson, Sons & Co.
Faria Hollanda &C.
Wilson. Sons & Co.
Royal Mail
Messagcries M aril's
^s Bros. & Co.
Zen ha
Rio Gas Co
Watson Ritchie &C
To order.
F. Clemente & Co
J. G. lllius
do
Hamburg.
Paysandu
Setubal . .
New Castle
M •■•.i.He*
Richmond.
A. L.
Ritchie & Co.
Pereira da S
Potey Rabert & Co
Visconde d' Abrigid a
Wilson, Sons & Co.
Fiorita & Tavolara
I. de Maio
Salt Island.
London. ..
Hartwig Wil'sen&C
1 - M . Frias & Sons
Wille Schmillinsky
A. Wagner.
Berla Cotrim & Co
do
Francisco Clemente
E. Cresta & Co
To order. '
Phipps Bros, & Co.
Dom Pedro II RR.
Wilson, Sons & Co
J. S: Zenha & Co.
F. Clemente & Co.
M. G. daSilveira
order.
Pay sand 1
Mont' video
Paysandu.
Paysandii.
Paysandu.
B. Ayres.
,;Mont video
4JMont' video
4 <Paysandu.
g|B. Ayres.
1 6 1 Paysandu
17'Campana.
17 1 Paysandu.
21 ! Mont video
do
3|11hadeM'i(
7! Salt Island.
13 Mont' video
15 Pay sand 1
il 9 Oporto . .
15 Oporto
24 Salt Island
30 Oporto
r 3 San Nicolas
I. M. Frias ft Sons
F.de Figueiredo&C
A.' Wagner
Soiiza Iro & Rocha
F- Figueredo&Co.
A. Wagner.
S. Hime& Zenha
S. Hime ft Zenha
Alexandre Wagner
Alex. Wagner.
J . Komaguera.
CMcCulloch B. &C
F. Figueiredo &Co.
A. Leuba & Co
J. M. Frias ft Filho
Souza Ir & Rocha.
J. Komaguera
J. J. dos Reis & Go
■*ont'.'Braga& Filho
reitas & Miranda
To order. .
Mendes d'OliveiraSc
"il. Bran & Co
it &<T
. M.M_
Alexander Wagner
tB— — 1
THE RIO NEWS.
GOVERNMENT BONDS
EMISSION
CIRCULATION
DENOMINATION
INTEREST
NOMINAL VALUE
QUOTATION
335.397, ">q$ooo
1,990,400 000
5,367,000 OOO
9,733,600 000
16,583,000 OOO
7,300,000 OOO
50,135,000 OOO
'' 6 °/c "
S %
4 %
■ 800 OOO
500 OOO
400 OOO
900 000
'600 OOO
400 OOO
500 OOO
500 OOO
_ _ 500 OOO
•.057*000
339,069,(001030
9,151,600 oco
,,
90%
119 600 000
7,489,50a OM
Provincial apolices or Rio tie Janeiro . .
9*M %
i,iyo$ouo
hoK %
3,400,000 OOO
44,830,000 OOO
"
BANKS AND PUBLIC COMPANIES
10,665,000
800,000
500,000$
300,000
Banco do Braril
Kui:il e Hyputhecario
l\.m.nerciaidoRiodeJa.i
English (limited!
lntluMri.il e Mc KB 11 til
Mercamil de Santos
11.iiii.ii Predial,
New London and Braziliai
Banco do Com me rein
debt m 11 r
do
Leopold!
do preferred "b
Nictheroyense
Campus .1 .*.. Selrasnin
S Paulo e Kiode June
do do with right 10 sulisid sin
<lu ilo Mitnidinry shares
L'ni.io Valcnciaun
THAU WAYS
S Chrislovao
Ui>tatir;.d fi'aroYn,
S Pnulo
IVlll.lllll.ini) , ,
Pelotas
S Ltiii-do Marnnhao . ..
Porto Alogre.
Villa lr.tl.cl
Montevideo
Nicllicroy
Bruxeltas .
Cairn nrliaiios. .
do
debenture* .
Uniaoelndusiria.
Mane e Sapu'caia
NAVIGATION COMt'/MIfiS
Rrazileir.ute Nnvegacfto
Espirito S.ium c Campos
Uniao NictlicruyeiiM
WiSwiiV??. ''?.".!' :'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.
Amazon Stenni Navigation . ■
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INSURANCB
Kidclidade
Argos Kill 111 i ijtns «
Garaniia....'. .'
Nova Kegvncracao .
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Popular F
Alluiica .
Glot
II,
M cicada Nictheroycnse..
CAS CUMI'AMKS
dejaoeiro
Niclhcruy.
MIsCRl.l.ASHOCS
Transports Marit. de !mv
Bonds Marilimos
Docas de Pedroll
Ilraril Industrial
1 Industriol
ital Paranaensc
Melluwumentos de .Santos
Camiagcns t'lumineiuc
Commercio e LaVoura
Eeonomia (lavanderia)
Associacao Commercial
1'maw Hn mine use
Minus de Cac^ipava
A rc hi tec ton ica
( Vt ropolilana
Ecoiionhca Auxiliar
Indus. Fluni (kiosq-ies)
Paxtoril Aifncolae Industrial..
1,768 055
7.»74 377
j'.fr'o 816
I56,;.i0 oui
i()i,h6o Cai
3S.S93.903
37.8C6
»uB.*i»7 496
137,870
July 1B80
interest
interest
.Jan. 18
Jan.
July.
Jan. 1SS1
Dec. iS8c
June. 1877
July 1880
Dec, 1880
Dec. 1879
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EW BOOKS!
CARLYLE'S MISCELLANIES
by James Authory Froude,
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I1RAZH. AND THE AMAZON ;
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A FOOLS ERRAND and
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OLD CREOLE DAYS and
THEGRANDISSIMES;
UNCLE REMUS' FOLK LORE ;
and several other new and standard works.
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by Susan Coolidge,
and JACK AND JILLJ-
by Louisa M. Alcott;
two charming tool, far children.
No. S Rua S. Pedro, and floor.
G
EORGE BUCKER'IDGE,
LIBRARIAN.
No. 48. Rua doOuvidor, 2nd Floor.
AgtHt /or
English Books, Periodicals and Newspaper*.
CMc CULLOCH BEECHER
& COMPANY
Import and Commission Merchants
47 RUA DO GENERAL CAMARA
RIO DE JANEIRO
Caixa no Corrth No. 115.
A D R nvi!lnf«l "| 5ig, l men,S or » Ame ™an products. Machinery
Agricultural Implements, Manufactured Goods, Hardware
?£■■ ■?™^ Je ? IO X H a PP rovaI of tUeir New York house, fo
trie prompt and satisfactory handling of which iliey posses
unrivalled Facilities.
A NEW INVENTION FOR
HAND PRINTING !
Useful in every (Business Office.
Metal-Bodied Rubber Type.
An elastic, changeable type that can be set up and used with
out delay unit us otien as occasion requires.
J' n ^,!ffi h " , "«««>tii.»ietalbodie.upoa which rubber faces
arc moulded and vulcnnired by a patented process. They
qualities of rubber. In use they are
Noiseless, and Print Perfectly.
For business purposes they arc invaluable. They can he
used in any manner 111 which the ordinary Rubber Stamps arc
now used, except in die very large sizes.
S. T. LONGSTRETH. Manufacturer of
Rubber Printing and Dating Stamps,
No. 8, Run S. Pedro.
Rio de Janeiro,
B
ROWN'S ESSENCE OF
Jamaica Ginger.
Purchasers of Brown's Ginger arc warned against piratical
counterfeits intended lo be sold 011 the splendid reputation of this
matchless article, All real Itrown's Ginger is prepared hy
Frederick ISrown, Philadelphia, and llie lal>el bearing his
name is itimrpurated with his private U. S, Internal Revenue
Stamp, to coniiierfeit which is felony.
BROWN'S GINGER-
For Traveler's use.
BROWN'S GINGER—
For Summer Complaints.
BROWN'S GINGER-
F01 Cramps and Colic.
BROVVN'S GINGER—
For Sea Sickness, Uaitsea.
BROWN'S GINGER—
Stimulant: no reaction.
BROWN'S GINGER—
Used by Army and A'avv.
BROWN'S GINGER— '
Used all over the -World.
BROWN'S GINGER- .
Con liter acts impure Water.
BROWN'S GINGER—
Prevents Malai ial Disease.
BROWN'S GINGER-
Delicious Summer Drink.
BROWN'S GINGER-
, Excellent in Rheumatism.
Everybody knows the value of "Brown's Ginger" as a
household necessity and preventative v.i disease. lie sure your
druggist gives yon the right kind— Brown's (linger, as describ-
ed above.
The weakness following long continued fever or any serious
llness, is one ot the most serious as well as distressing symp-
oms of convalescence.
Alcoholic stimulants are objection able, as their use is always
olbwcd by depression after die stimulating effect has passed
Small bulk with no reaction is what is required, and the use
of a teaspnonftil or two ot Brown's Ginger m a half lumbers
ul of sweetened water very hot or ice cold, as preferred, mee-
be want /Iroions Ginger sustains the strength, causes the
km to act well, and promotes digestion.
CENTRAL DEPOSIT: No. 8 Rua Sao Pedro
J
AMES S. MACKIE & SON.
ig4 (Broadway, New York.
Export Agents
The Rio News
With the opening of the present year The Rio News was
enlarged to an eight-pagc sheet, and improved in every depart-
ment which experience hnsproved to be necessary to the inter-
ests of a large mid influential community of English-speaking
merchants and capitalists. These improvements have been
cluelly effected in the
Commercial Department,
where every effort has been employed to gather reliable infor-
mation andstatisiics and 10 so digest and arrange them as to
best mcetthc needs of commercial men. In its
Financial Department
the Nitws will continue to report fully the movements and state
oi the ,tock and exchange markets, thus making it a faithful
index Of the year's transactions The sale ol bonds and stocks
will be given for each day. It will also carefully note every
legislative, administrative, orprtvateact which may in any sense
affect the profitableness or security of investments, laits
News Department
it will aim to given full resume of nil the occurrences in this
empire, and in so doing will be governed hy no private interest
or fear. In its news gathering it will seek to represent things
just as it finds them; in its comments it will aim to present its
own opinions for which it will he willing to beheld responsible
The following are a few selections from the comments with
which we have been honored by out- con temporaries :
Fr<
1 the Monitor Ctntiptsta, Campos, Rio de Jar
inauguration Tint Rio News has becime important
and useful not only for the impartiality and high standard with
which it treats all the topics of the day, kit also for the abund-
ance if local and provincial notices jf Brazil, and of com medial
information of the Rio de Janeiro market, the knowledge of
which has conic to be necessary to every one in our own coun-
try and the United States who would lollowthe discussion of
public affairs and the news in Brazil.
From theAVAu Municipal, Cachoeira, Sao Paulo,
Besides the important articles of real interest which we find
in the text, it contains an abundance of new items, which are
largely devoted to this province. It contains also a special
department in which the railways of the empire are exclusively
DEVISTA DE ENGENHARIA.
(PORTUGUESE.)
The only Engineering Review published in Brazil.
Devoted to the interests of.Bmn.ian engineers and engincer-
.ng enterprises, and to ail co-ordinate subjects which aid in the
industrial development of the country.
It will contain a full record of all concessions granted by the
government, and of their administration and condition.
Owing to its large circulation among engineers in all parts o
the empire, it will be found a valuable advertising medium.
Published monthly.
six months
each number..
Advertising terms furnished on application.
Address ; Redicciia da
REVISTADEENGENHARIA,
No. b8 KuadeGoncalves Dia;
Caixa no Correio, No 731. Rio de Janeiro.
Champion Agricultural Engines, Portable Saw and Grist
Mills, and Standard Food-Chopping Machines
made by the
Waterous Engine Works {Ltd)
of Canada;
Moulding, Carving, Panelling,
Dovetailing and other Wood-Working and Labor.
Saving Machines of the
Battle Creek Machinery Co.
of Michigan ;
Asbestos Board, Packing, and Materials nf the
Asbestos Patent Fibre Co. {Lt'd)
ol Philadelphia ;
Barbed Wire Fencing of the
American Fencing Co.
From the Caseta da Tartie, Rio de Janeiro,
This interesting organ of the llio press has constituted itself
a resolute champion of the cause of emancipation, rendering
the most decided and efficient support to the glorious inieiative
of our illustrious friend, Deputy Joaquim Nahuco. The roar
of the interests fed hy the immoral traffic in human flesh does
not frighten this independent sheet which sees every day an
increase in the number of its readers and earnest panegyrists,
The whole English colony of Rio de Janeiro prize The Rio
Nhws, and there are already many Brazilians who seek it for
its very exact appreciation and judicious commentaries on all
questions rotating to trie prosperity of Brazil.
We wisli Tin; Rio News success and congratulate ourselves
in seeing that itfights, wit|i great valor and excellent judg-
ment, to save Hrniil, from the disgrace of possessing slaves in
the last quarter of the nineteenth century.
The existence of this important organ ot the preis is a
splendid proof that it is not alone by the support of the slave-
holders that a journal can live,
From the Auxilladorda tmtnstria National, Rio de Janeiro
Braril, which happily knows what is passing in the European
and American social world, can not however make known what
occurring within her interior and the progress under way,
impelled rather by the active forces ofa splendid nature than hy
the independent effort and i nit i a live of her sons.
From this point of view, we can not fail to render homage to
the distinguished editor of Tub Rio News who so faithfully
transmits to the great American Union and to the European
World the state of our social life, the political and economic
questions which we are now discussing, the administrative and
financial life of our provinces, and many other items of news
which are worthy of all appreciation because of the discrimina-
tion and judgment which has presided over them.
I Authorised Agents for The Rio Nt?i
From the A rihta, Rio Grande.
We havealready had the pleasure of noticing that important
organ of the press which, under the tide which we have taken
for this epigraph ["The RioNews"], is published in the im-
perial capital, especially devoted to the interests of a numerous
and respectable colony represented by the sons of powerful
Alhion.
I he sincere desire manifested in the prosperous growth of •■
the country by all those who so willingly reside in it, is a clear
proof that on this American soil, where shines the Southern
Cross, they have tound .1 second motherland.
The good will bestowed upon our province, in honorable
opinions, by our enlightened contemporary, Tim RioNews,
oflering to us hs most valuable aid in calling attention to what
meet our most vital needs, is without doubt a motive
sufficient to have our unchanging gratitude.
In order that we may make due return for the high ennsidera-.
.on of our illustrious colleague, we place our limited service*
t his free disposition. — May 37, 1S80.
T11K.R10 News of July 15, the impoitant English journal
published in the imperial capital, is occupied with various
matters, all of political and social importance, th.is rendering
a valuable service not only 10 the colony in whose interests it
isspecially zealous, but also to our Country, .appreciating with-
out passion and with the greatest imp.vt.ality theW occur-
rences which, through its medium, arc to be echoed in the old
world.— July 36, ]8rk>.
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CMc CUIXOCH BEECHER
& COMPANY
Export and Commission Merchants.
41 AND 43 WALL STREET
NEW YORK
P. O. Box No. 2364
Facilitate the introduction into Brazil of American products,
llachinery, Agricultural Implements, Railroad Supplies, Man.
ufhetures' goods. Hardware, Dry Goods and specialities gen-
erally suitable for or adaptable to the requirements of that
country, by furnishing reliable infbrmaiion regnrdingthe special
modes of preparing and packing merchandise, so essential to
their profitable acceptation there, and hy means of their Rio de
Janeiro House, bringing the American Producers and Manufac-
urers into direct communication with the Brazilian merchants.
THE NEW LONDON
AND
BRAZILIAN BANK
(LIMITED)
HEAD OFFICE: LONDON
branches;
lisbon, oporto, para, pe^nambuco, uahta,
rio de janeiro, rio grande do su.l,
and montevideo.
Capital £ t,oco,ooo
Capital paid up , 500,000
Reserve fund ,■■. 140,000
Draws on:
Messrs. GLYN, k/LLS, CURRtE &* Co.,
London,
Messrs. MALLET FRERES 6* Co.,
Paris,
Messrs. J, H. SCHROEDER ** Co.,
Hamburg.'
T^NGLISH BANK
*-* or
RIO DE JANEIRO
(LIMITED)
I WAD OFFICE IN LONDON
BRANCHES: -
lilO DE JANEIRO, FERMBUCO AND SANTOS
Capital , £ 1,000,000
Ditto, paid up L 500,000
Reserve Fund ■ £ 140,000
Draws on the London Joint Stock Bank and transacts
every description of Uanltiiiff business.
■pUBBER HAND AND
DATING STAMPS.
The Consecutive Rubber Dating Stamp
Selftlnking Hand Stamp,
Hie Pocket Pencil Stamp,
The Compass Stamp,
Fac -simile Autographs,
Monogram,
Hand Stamps of every size and
descriptions.
Metal-Bodied Rubber Type.
For Merchants, Bankers nnd Professional Men and for all
business purposes, these stamps are superior to any kind of
hand stamp in use. They arc simple, durable, elastic, and
they print easily and perfectly. They arc absolutely noiseless.
For Family Use, in marking clothing, house and tabic linen,
etc., with indelible ink, llicy arc in valuable.
Monograms, autographs, etc., made In order.
S. T, LONGSTRETH, Manufacturer,
8 Rua de S. Pedro Rid de Janriho
-pvR. RUSSELL MAC CORD, M. D.
Licensed by the
IMPERIAL ESCHOLA DE MEDICINA DO RIO DE
JANEIRO.
34, Rua do General Cumara, 34.
Will visit shipping in the harbor.
Office hours fioni 12 to 3 o'clock, p. tn. 30—6
T ONDON AND L.WCASHIRF. FIRE
INSURANCE Co.
CAPITAL £ 2,000,000,
Insures buildings, and goods of all descriptions at the most
advantageous rates.
For rates and other inlormation apply to
Watson, (Ritchie <&* Co.,
No, 25, Run de Theoplrilo Ottoni.
THE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON
AND GLOBE
INSURANCE COMPANY.
Agents in Rio Jane'no
Phipps Brothers & Co.
16 Rto do Vitconde de Inhauma.
THE. RIO NEWS.
r* P. MACKIE & Co., Limited.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., U. S. A.
Railroad, Tramway and Engin-
eering Supplies and Materials.
Contracts made for furnishing new lines with Rails, Bridges,
Rolling Stock, Shop Machinery, Telegraph Supplies, etc.. at
Manufacturer's lowest Rates.
Designs and Estimates on application.
REPRESENTING IN BRAZIL '
The following manufacturers :
THE WESTINGHOUSE AIR
BRAKE Co.
PITTSBURG, Pa., U. S. A.
THE WHARTON RAILROAD
SWITCH Co.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., U. S. A.
)ULLMAN PALACE CAR Co
NEW YORK, (7. S. A.
""P G. DRILL & Co.
'PHILADELPHIA, Pa., V. S. A.
H
OOKS SMELTING Co.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., U. S. A.
T EHIGH CAR WHEEL WORKS
CATASAUQUA, Pa., V. S. A.
fULMER SPRING Co. .
PITTSBURGH, Pa., U. S. A.
THE JOHN A. ROEBLING &
SONS Co.
TRENTON, N. J., V. S. A.
T3 ROOKS LOCOMOTIVE WORKS.
DUNKIRK, N. Y., U. S. A.
w
M. SELLERS & Co.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., U. S. A.
B
LAKE ORE CRUSHER CO.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., U. S. A.
"T"HE TELEPHONE CO.
OF BRAZIL.
Chas. Paul Mackic, Vic
CAPITAL $300,000.
Board of managers:
Henry Sturgis Russell, Boston, U. S. A., President, Contin-
ental Telephone Co.— Wm. H.Forbes, Boston, U. S. A.,
President, American Bell Telephone Co —Chas. Paul
Mackie, Rio de Janeiro, C. P. Mackic k Co.— Then. N.
Vait, New York, General Manager, A, I). T. Co.— Jas. H.
Howard, Boston, U. S. A., Treasurer, Continental Telephone
Co.
This company proposes to establish in this" city and its sub-
urbs, and in Nitherohy, the same system of Genenil Telephonic
Communication which is to-day so prominent a feature of com-
mercial intercourse in New York, London and Paris. Under
this system immediate and confidential verbal communi cation is
had between any two residents of the territory covered, who may
be subsc libers.
The company will furnish all the apparatus, build the lines
and maintain them at its own expense. Subscribers will be
charged a fixed rental for the use of the lines, depending upon
the distance Iran the central stations. The general basis of
charges will be approximately that ruling in New York and
London, making due allowance fur increased cost of construc-
tion and operation.
The tariff and regulations will be published at an early day,
and the company expects to invite the signatures of intending
patrons about the 15th Inst-
besides its general system, the company is prepared to erect
equip and maintain at its own cost, subject to the payment of a
fixed annual rental, Private ■Line* between' any two edifices
whose occupants may prefer to possess independent wires.
Any information desired will be promptly furnished upon
application to the office ol the company.
RIO DE JANEIRO
00, RuA DA QUITANDA
TTNITED STATES AND
BRAZIL MAIL S. S. LINE.
Carrying the United Slates and Brazilian Mails
Performs a regular monthly servi:e between New York and
Rio de Janeiro, stopping at the intermediate ports of S
Thomas, Pari, Pemambuco and Ilahia. The steamers. of thi
line, 3,500 tons measurement each, are new and first-class in
very particular, ,
Steamers will arrive and clear at tlii> port as follows:
Steamer Commander Arrive Deport
Colorado
City of ltio de Jan
City of Para
City of Rio de Jar
l.'api
Capt. Lewis
Capt. Crowell
Capt. Lewis
Apr. 39
May 39
June an
July 39
May 5
Junes
July s
Aug s
:. class $150.
Fare between New York and Rio de Jan
General and Passage office,
WILSON, SONS &• Co., Limited,
No. 1 Praca das Mnrinhas.
ROYAL MAIL
STEAM PACKET COMPANY
Under contracts with the British and Brazilian
Governments jor carrying the mails.
TABLE OF DEBARTbRES,
DESTINATION
For freights and passages apply to
E. W. MAY, Supi.,
Rua 1? de Marco No. 49.
L
IDGERWOOD M'F'G. Co.,
(LIMITED).
Successors of
MUFO<k<b &■ Ll<bGE<kWO0<b,
En gi netrs, Machinists,
Importers of Machinery and Material for Agricultural
and Industrial Establishments, and Cotton and Woolen Mills,
GENERAL AGENCY FOR THE
SINGER SEWING MACHINE,
COFFEE- CLEANING MACHINERY.
No. 95, Rua do Ouvidor.
G
UARDIAN
FIRE AND LIFE
ASSURANCE CO.
Subscribed Capital : £%, ooo, ooo.
' Capital faid up: £1,000,000.
Total Funds : £4, g8i, 000.
Total annual income: £488,000.
DIRECTORS :
Henry Ilulse Berens, Esq
Director of the Bank of
England.
H'y Bon ham- Carter, Esq
Barrister-at-Lavi, and
Sitting Director.
Chas. William Curtis, Esq
Meters. Curiis's & Harvey.
Charles F. Devas, Esq.
Messrs. Nevitl, Druce
&*Co.
S. Walter R.Farqnhar,Bt
Messrs. /ferries, Farq-
uMar 6> Co.
Alban G. H. Gtbbs, Esq.
Tames, Good son, Esq.
Thomson Hankcy, Esq.
Director of ike Bank of
England.
Richard Musgrave Har-
vey, Esq.
Messrs. Thomson, Han-
key &• Co.
Rt. Hon. John C. Hub-
bard, m; p.
Messrs. John Hubbanl
&> Co.— Director of the
Bank of England.
Frederick H. Janson, Esq
Messrs. Janson, Cobb &
\ Pearson.
Right Hon. G.J. Shaw
Lefcvre, M, P,
Banistei-at-Law.
Beaumont W. Lub-
bock, Esq.
John B. Martin, Esq.
Messrs, Martin &• Co.
H'ry John Norman, Esq
Director of the London
&• Westminster Bank.
David Powell, Jun., Esq.
Messrs, Cotcswortk &
Powell. —Director of the
Bank of England. \
Augustus Prevost, Esq.
Messrs. Mors is, Prevott
<VCV.
■J.G.Talbot, Esq. M.P.
Henry Vigne* Esq.
The undo signed having been appointed Agents at
Rio de Janeiro, are prepared to issue* Policies of
Insurance OgnttUt Fire on the usual terms.
SMITH *"YOULE.
No. fa, Rua i° de Marco.
r\ C. JAMES.
No. 8, RUA S. PEDRO. t "
Agency and Commission House
Railway Supplies a Specialty
[No consignments received.]
Brazilian Agency
for the following well-known Am-
erican establishments :
BALDWIN LOCOMOTIVE
WORKS, •",
PHILADELPHIA, PENJY.
{Established, 1831)
BUKNHAM, PAURY, WILLIAMS & CO.,
Proprietors. ,:
These locomotive engines are adapted to every variety of ser-
vice, and are built accurately to standard gauges and templates.
Like parts of different engines ol same cli.ss perfectly inter-
changeable.
l'amenger ami Freight Locomotive*, Mine Lovomo-
Um, Narrow Gauge Locomotives, Steam Street Cava,
etc., etc. *
All 'work thoroughly guaranteed.
Illustrated catalogue furnished on application ol customers.
JACKSON & SHARP COMPANY
WILMINGTON, DEL.
Manufacturers of all styles and qualities of
Passenger, Mail and Freight Cars.
This establishment is one of the largest in trie United States,
and has furnished the cars for nearly all the narrow guagc
railroads in the United States and Cuba, The cars of the Sao
Paulcand Kiode Janeiro railway, the Ituana, the Mogyana,
Niciheroyense and oilier narrow guage railways in Brazil are
Iroin these well-known works.
CHAS. S. HOWLAND, JOB H.JACKSON,
Treasurer, President
A ■ WHITNEY &SONS,
CAR WHEEL WORKS.
(Established 1847)
Caltowhill street, sixteenth to seventieth streets.
Philadelphia, Fentt.
Chilled cast iron wheels (steeled by the Hamilton process
(or railways, street cars, and mines. Axles ofiron or steel.
Illustrated catalogue furnished on application of customers.
A MERICAN BANK NOTE C?
OFFICE! 149, BROADWA Y, NEW YORK.
ENGRAVES AND PRINTS '
BAJ.k 'NOTES, -BONDS FOR GOVERNMENTS AND COR-
t'OUATIONS, HILLS OF EXCHANGE, CERTIF-
' ICATES OF STOCK, POSTAOR AND REV-
KNUE STAMPS, FOfclCIEs OF IN-
, SURANCE, AND ALL KINDS ■■
OF SECURITIES
In the most artistic style, and in « building proof against fin
. . , . „ , New York, February 6, 1879.
At a meeting ot the Board of Trustees held this day, the
following gentlemen were elected officers of this Company un-
der us consolidation with the National and Continental Bank
Note Companies :
A. 0. GOODALL, C, L. VANZANDT,
President Vice-Pres and Cm Mnm
JAS. MACDONOUOH, A. D. SHEPArS" ™'
Vice-President Vice-President
J. T. ROBERTSON, , CEO. H. STAVNER.
Vice-President Treasurer
THEO. H. FREEUND, JNO. E. CURRIER,
Secretary/,^ Ass' t Secretary
I. K. MYERS, Ass't Treasurer.
The Rio News
Published three times a month for the Ametican and
European mails.
In entering upon its eighth volume— the third under its pres-
ent title and management— the publishers of Xhb News bee
leave to state tliai the same policy which has thus far been so
successful in us editorial management, will be continued in the
future without change. The results of this independent and
impartial policy have been so highly satisfactory and the en-
couragement for its continuance has been so general, that the
publishers have been able to increase its size by one-third and
to realm other improvements of great value to all business men
interested in Brazilian trade.
The policy of Thb Nkws will continue to be that of strict
independence and impartiality, It will seek to obtain the
earliest and most reliable information on all commercial topics,
and 10 incorporate all staOs ileal information in such a manner as
to give it a permanent value for reference. Its reports for the
port of Rio de Janeiro will be made by men who are recognized
experts in their several branches of uisiness. No pains will be
■PS"?? u ! 1 .. ma K ,n * theM , "■*"«»' thoroughly accurate and
reliable. Ihe absence of regular newspaper summaries of
the trade of other Brazilian ports has thus far prevented Thb
News .from keeping its readers fully informedon that subject
ill* hoped that the difficulties in the way of accomplisW
this purpose will soon be overcome, after which regular report*
tromailtheleadingportsoflheempire will be given.
In us general news columns and in its discussions of political
and current topics Tmk News will seek to keep it* waders
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